The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, March 12, 1926
Waning Crescent
3.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 35°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:10 AM
4:57 PM
35°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 3.1%
- Age
- 28.0 days
- Distance
- 359,300 km
- Apparent size
- 33.2′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 39
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 359,200 km.
Exact values
For Mar 12, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 339.84° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 159.57° |
| Illuminated fraction | 3.15% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 34.9° / 188.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 18m / -13.93° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 331.22° / -3.09° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.05° / 4.77° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -160.38° / -1.30° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 58.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.