The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, March 12, 1958
Last Quarter
47.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
1:36 AM
11:41 AM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 47.4%
- Age
- 22.1 days
- Distance
- 383,800 km
- Apparent size
- 31.1′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 435
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
-
Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 2.8° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 12, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 273.15° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 92.99° |
| Illuminated fraction | 47.39% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -3.4° / 247.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 38m / -19.22° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 264.77° / 4.12° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.49° / -4.68° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -85.74° / 1.00° |
| Position angle of the axis | 3.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 92.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.