The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, March 12, 1971
Waning Gibbous
99.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 50°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:25 PM
6:50 AM
50°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.6%
- Age
- 15.3 days
- Distance
- 406,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 596
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 | 186.51° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 7.13° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.61% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -49.8° / 336.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 48m / -1.91° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 177.98° / -2.96° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.10° / 4.45° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -7.57° / 0.78° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 141.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.