The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, March 12, 1990
Waning Gibbous
98.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 46°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:08 PM
7:02 AM
46°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.4%
- Age
- 15.3 days
- Distance
- 399,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 831
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 | 194.21° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 14.70° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.36% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -51.1° / 324.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 16m / -6.05° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 186.07° / -3.97° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.71° / 5.77° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -11.36° / 0.98° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 130.8° |
| 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.