The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, March 12, 1965
Waxing Gibbous
71.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 74°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
1:02 PM
3:40 AM
74°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 71.9%
- Age
- 9.3 days
- Distance
- 367,400 km
- Apparent size
- 32.5′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 522
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 | 115.84° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 64.05° |
| Illuminated fraction | 71.88% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -9.3° / 46.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 18m / 24.74° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 107.76° / 2.49° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.15° / -2.58° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 62.23° / -1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 9.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 278.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.