The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, March 12, 1948
Waxing Crescent
3.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 52°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:50 AM
8:29 PM
52°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 3.2%
- Age
- 1.8 days
- Distance
- 397,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Lunation number
- 312
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 | 20.47° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 159.30° |
| Illuminated fraction | 3.23% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 42.8° / 135.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 50m / 2.41° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 12.51° / -2.76° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.61° / 4.33° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 154.67° / -1.29° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 256.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.