The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, March 12, 1934
Waning Crescent
10.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:11 AM
3:30 PM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 10.3%
- Age
- 26.7 days
- Distance
- 366,100 km
- Apparent size
- 32.6′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 138
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 366,100 km.
Exact values
For Mar 12, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 322.66° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 142.57° |
| Illuminated fraction | 10.30% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 27.6° / 207.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 07m / -17.04° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 314.10° / -0.45° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.35° / 1.24° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -141.72° / 0.86° |
| Position angle of the axis | 344.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 71.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.