The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, March 12, 1970
Waxing Crescent
28.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 75°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
9:11 AM
75°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 28.8%
- Age
- 5.0 days
- Distance
- 386,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.9′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 584
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 | 64.72° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 115.04° |
| Illuminated fraction | 28.84% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 28.7° / 81.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 31m / 24.31° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 56.44° / 5.10° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.30° / -6.00° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 121.90° / 0.28° |
| Position angle of the axis | 346.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 254.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.