The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, March 12, 1988
Waning Crescent
36.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 21°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
3:16 AM
11:59 AM
21°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 36.3%
- Age
- 24.0 days
- Distance
- 371,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.1′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 806
Events on this date
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Moon, Saturn, and Uranus gathered
All within 6.4° of each other in the sky.
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Mars, Moon, and Neptune gathered
All within 6.0° of each other in the sky.
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 4.5° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 12, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 286.08° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 105.88° |
| Illuminated fraction | 36.32% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -0.2° / 231.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 38m / -28.27° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 278.42° / -5.11° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.74° / 7.26° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -112.01° / -0.03° |
| Position angle of the axis | 356.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 84.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.