The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, March 12, 1950
Waning Crescent
32.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 21°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
3:35 AM
12:19 PM
21°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 32.9%
- Age
- 23.8 days
- Distance
- 380,300 km
- Apparent size
- 31.4′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 336
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 | 290.26° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 110.03° |
| Illuminated fraction | 32.88% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 2.3° / 228.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 53m / -28.15° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 281.82° / -5.25° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.05° / 7.44° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -104.38° / -0.41° |
| Position angle of the axis | 355.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 82.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.