The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, March 12, 1972
Waning Crescent
10.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 33°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:04 AM
3:34 PM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 10.3%
- Age
- 26.7 days
- Distance
- 373,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 608
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 | 322.68° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 142.59° |
| Illuminated fraction | 10.29% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 28.9° / 208.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 08m / -15.46° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 314.92° / 0.95° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.25° / -0.56° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -149.31° / 1.14° |
| Position angle of the axis | 344.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 73.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.