The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, March 12, 1979
Waxing Gibbous
98.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:40 PM
6:10 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.7%
- Age
- 14.0 days
- Distance
- 403,800 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 695
Events on this date
-
Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 2.8° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 12, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 167.04° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 12.95° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.73% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -42.7° / 2.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 40m / 7.59° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 158.57° / -0.82° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.61° / 1.67° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 11.00° / -0.09° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 285.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.