The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, March 12, 1961
Waning Crescent
22.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
3:46 AM
2:04 PM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 22.0%
- Age
- 25.4 days
- Distance
- 365,300 km
- Apparent size
- 32.7′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 472
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 3.3° apart in the sky.
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Jupiter, Moon, and Saturn gathered
All within 3.5° of each other in the sky.
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Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 3.4° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 12, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 304.18° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 123.99° |
| Illuminated fraction | 22.05% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 18.1° / 225.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 50m / -17.59° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 296.07° / 3.41° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.40° / -3.72° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -126.86° / -0.44° |
| Position angle of the axis | 348.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 81.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.