The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, March 12, 1925
Waning Gibbous
95.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 49°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:55 PM
8:09 AM
49°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 95.0%
- Age
- 17.6 days
- Distance
- 382,000 km
- Apparent size
- 31.3′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 27
Events on this date
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Uranus behind the Sun
On the far side of the Sun and lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Mar 12, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 205.65° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 25.97° |
| Illuminated fraction | 94.95% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -40.8° / 309.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 11m / -2.48° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 197.27° / 4.65° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.38° / -5.34° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -30.75° / -0.98° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 104.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.