The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, March 12, 1928
Waning Gibbous
68.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
9:55 AM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 68.1%
- Age
- 20.3 days
- Distance
- 404,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 64
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 | 248.90° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 68.75° |
| Illuminated fraction | 68.12% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -22.5° / 262.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 55m / -19.27° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 240.78° / 1.07° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.49° / -0.84° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -71.71° / -1.55° |
| Position angle of the axis | 10.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 101.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.