The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, March 12, 1955
Waning Gibbous
84.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 33°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
11:01 PM
8:22 AM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 84.3%
- Age
- 18.0 days
- Distance
- 401,800 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 398
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 | 226.69° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 46.71° |
| Illuminated fraction | 84.28% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -40.1° / 279.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 17m / -18.03° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 218.04° / -4.05° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.55° / 5.90° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -44.74° / 1.55° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 113.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.