The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, March 12, 1975
New Moon
0.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 49°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:17 AM
7:37 PM
49°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.3%
- Age
- 29.4 days
- Distance
- 405,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 645
Events on this date
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New Moon
The Moon passes between Earth and the Sun and cannot be seen. These are the darkest nights of the month.
Exact values
For Mar 12, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 356.45° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 173.97° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.28% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 45.1° / 150.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 08m / -0.30° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 347.91° / 4.86° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.29° / -5.76° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -177.75° / 1.50° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 117.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.