The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, March 12, 1989
Waxing Crescent
31.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 76°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
9:21 AM
76°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 31.7%
- Age
- 4.9 days
- Distance
- 372,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.1′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 819
Events on this date
-
Jupiter, Mars, and Moon gathered
All within 5.9° of each other in the sky.
-
Moon and Mars close together
They pass 4.0° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 12, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 68.32° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 111.45° |
| Illuminated fraction | 31.72% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 26.4° / 78.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 48m / 25.38° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 60.43° / 5.26° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.18° / -6.15° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 118.11° / 0.47° |
| Position angle of the axis | 347.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 256.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.