The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, March 12, 1977
Last Quarter
47.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
1:32 AM
11:41 AM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 47.6%
- Age
- 22.6 days
- Distance
- 372,200 km
- Apparent size
- 32.1′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 670
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For Mar 12, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 272.94° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 92.79° |
| Illuminated fraction | 47.57% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -3.3° / 247.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 39m / -18.82° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 264.95° / 4.53° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.47° / -5.15° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -89.55° / 0.83° |
| Position angle of the axis | 3.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 92.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.