The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, March 12, 1980
Waning Crescent
22.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
3:47 AM
2:00 PM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 22.3%
- Age
- 25.3 days
- Distance
- 371,600 km
- Apparent size
- 32.1′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 707
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 | 303.76° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 123.59° |
| Illuminated fraction | 22.34% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 17.5° / 225.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 50m / -18.11° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 296.04° / 2.88° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.62° / -3.07° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -130.66° / -0.62° |
| Position angle of the axis | 348.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 81.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.