The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, March 12, 1976
Waxing Gibbous
84.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 62°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:56 PM
4:10 AM
62°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 84.1%
- Age
- 11.7 days
- Distance
- 372,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.1′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 658
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 | 133.03° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 47.07° |
| Illuminated fraction | 84.05% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -26.9° / 39.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 26m / 14.03° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 125.29° / -5.06° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.47° / 7.19° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 39.83° / 1.25° |
| Position angle of the axis | 13.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 278.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.