The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, March 12, 1956
New Moon
0.2% 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
6:27 AM
7:04 PM
52°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.2%
- Age
- 0.1 days
- Distance
- 388,900 km
- Apparent size
- 30.7′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 411
Events on this date
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New Moon
The Moon passes between Earth and the Sun and cannot be seen. These are the darkest nights of the month.
Exact values
For Mar 12, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 1.68° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 174.81° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.20% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 50.4° / 163.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 29m / 2.03° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 353.79° / 4.90° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.05° / -5.84° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 173.35° / 1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 176.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.