The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, March 12, 1968
Waxing Gibbous
94.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 64°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
4:18 PM
5:57 AM
64°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 94.3%
- Age
- 13.4 days
- Distance
- 376,300 km
- Apparent size
- 31.7′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 559
Events on this date
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Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 2.8° apart in the sky.
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Mercury at greatest elongation
28° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.
Exact values
For Mar 12, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 152.69° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 27.54° |
| Illuminated fraction | 94.33% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -31.8° / 15.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 55m / 17.21° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 144.89° / 4.23° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.50° / -4.82° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 21.24° / -0.76° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 296.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.