The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, March 12, 1954
Waxing Gibbous
60.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 74°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
11:56 AM
2:40 AM
74°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 60.5%
- Age
- 7.6 days
- Distance
- 382,300 km
- Apparent size
- 31.2′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 386
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 | 101.93° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 77.93° |
| Illuminated fraction | 60.45% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 0.2° / 57.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 16m / 25.04° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 93.52° / 1.64° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.45° / -1.40° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 84.64° / 1.34° |
| Position angle of the axis | 0.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 272.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.