The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, March 12, 1951
Waxing Crescent
22.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 72°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
8:50 AM
11:58 PM
72°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 22.8%
- Age
- 4.8 days
- Distance
- 400,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 349
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 | 56.83° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 122.92° |
| Illuminated fraction | 22.83% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 33.5° / 89.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 57m / 21.60° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 48.15° / 4.54° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.10° / -5.31° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 125.71° / 0.06° |
| Position angle of the axis | 344.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 251.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.