The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, March 12, 1947
Waning Gibbous
69.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
9:48 AM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 69.3%
- Age
- 19.6 days
- Distance
- 398,600 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 299
Events on this date
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Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 0.4° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 12, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 247.42° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 67.28° |
| Illuminated fraction | 69.31% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -23.8° / 263.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 46m / -19.29° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 238.70° / 0.60° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.41° / -0.18° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -63.32° / -1.50° |
| Position angle of the axis | 11.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 102.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.