The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, March 12, 1973
Waxing Gibbous
59.4% 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
11:53 AM
2:30 AM
74°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 59.4%
- Age
- 7.7 days
- Distance
- 371,100 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 621
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 | 100.65° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 79.21° |
| Illuminated fraction | 59.36% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 0.6° / 58.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 12m / 24.45° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 92.64° / 1.03° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.37° / -0.62° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 80.84° / 1.41° |
| Position angle of the axis | 360.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 271.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.