The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, March 12, 1974
Waning Gibbous
79.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
9:49 AM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 79.2%
- Age
- 18.4 days
- Distance
- 387,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.8′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 633
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 | 234.39° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 54.32° |
| Illuminated fraction | 79.16% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -23.5° / 263.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 51m / -19.62° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 226.09° / -3.10° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.83° / 4.73° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -48.01° / 1.55° |
| Position angle of the axis | 18.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 110.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.