The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, March 12, 1931
Waning Crescent
35.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 21°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
3:23 AM
12:05 PM
21°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 35.2%
- Age
- 23.2 days
- Distance
- 395,100 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 101
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 | 287.38° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 107.16° |
| Illuminated fraction | 35.25% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 0.4° / 230.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 39m / -28.38° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 278.55° / -5.21° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.96° / 7.40° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -100.58° / -0.62° |
| Position angle of the axis | 356.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 84.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.