The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, March 12, 1986
Waxing Crescent
4.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 55°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:52 AM
8:52 PM
55°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 4.5%
- Age
- 2.1 days
- Distance
- 396,200 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 782
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 | 24.35° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 155.55° |
| Illuminated fraction | 4.48% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 43.4° / 130.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 02m / 5.19° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 16.18° / -1.27° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.88° / 2.32° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 159.25° / -0.99° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 251.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.