The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, March 12, 1945
Waning Crescent
3.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 35°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:11 AM
5:54 PM
35°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 3.4%
- Age
- 27.9 days
- Distance
- 362,400 km
- Apparent size
- 33.0′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 274
Events on this date
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Venus at its brightest
Shines at magnitude -4.8, as bright as it gets this time around.
Exact values
For Mar 12, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 339.00° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 158.66° |
| Illuminated fraction | 3.43% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 34.3° / 171.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 16m / -14.53° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 330.72° / -3.55° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.01° / 5.42° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -163.67° / -1.38° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 57.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.