The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, March 12, 1940
Waxing Crescent
11.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 61°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:27 AM
10:08 PM
61°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 11.3%
- Age
- 3.6 days
- Distance
- 402,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 213
Events on this date
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Moon, Saturn, and Venus gathered
All within 6.3° of each other in the sky.
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 1.4° apart in the sky.
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Moon and Venus close together
They pass 2.5° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 12, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 39.14° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 140.75° |
| Illuminated fraction | 11.28% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 38.6° / 111.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 57m / 10.93° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 31.13° / -1.00° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.50° / 1.88° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 136.00° / 0.79° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 251.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.