The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, March 12, 1924
Waxing Crescent
40.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 67°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:52 AM
12:26 AM
67°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 40.8%
- Age
- 7.0 days
- Distance
- 404,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 15
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Mar 12, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 79.15° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 100.65° |
| Illuminated fraction | 40.76% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 11.4° / 78.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 41m / 16.96° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 71.02° / -5.19° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.35° / 7.38° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 98.68° / -0.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 352.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 263.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.