The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, March 12, 1964
Waning Crescent
2.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 35°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:22 AM
5:07 PM
35°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 2.5%
- Age
- 28.2 days
- Distance
- 379,900 km
- Apparent size
- 31.4′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 509
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 2.6° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 12, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 342.29° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 161.77° |
| Illuminated fraction | 2.51% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 35.3° / 185.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 32m / -13.77° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 334.45° / -4.18° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.17° / 6.15° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -167.99° / -1.47° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 53.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.