The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, March 12, 1942
Waning Crescent
20.8% 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
4:53 AM
3:16 PM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 20.8%
- Age
- 25.2 days
- Distance
- 373,900 km
- Apparent size
- 31.9′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 237
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 | 305.94° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 125.73° |
| Illuminated fraction | 20.80% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 26.6° / 210.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 55m / -16.95° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 297.39° / 3.81° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.86° / -4.17° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -122.54° / -0.26° |
| Position angle of the axis | 348.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 81.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.