The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, March 12, 1946
Waxing Gibbous
73.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 73°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
1:16 PM
3:48 AM
73°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 73.7%
- Age
- 9.0 days
- Distance
- 377,500 km
- Apparent size
- 31.6′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 287
Events on this date
-
Moon and Mars close together
They pass 1.4° apart in the sky.
-
Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 1.9° apart in the sky.
-
Mars, Moon, and Saturn gathered
All within 3.7° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 12, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 118.20° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 61.69° |
| Illuminated fraction | 73.71% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -11.2° / 45.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 27m / 24.00° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 109.73° / 2.03° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.99° / -2.03° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 66.03° / -1.54° |
| Position angle of the axis | 10.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 279.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.