The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, March 12, 1991
Waning Crescent
13.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:46 AM
3:01 PM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 13.6%
- Age
- 26.0 days
- Distance
- 396,400 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 843
Events on this date
-
Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 0.8° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 12, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 316.79° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 136.67° |
| Illuminated fraction | 13.63% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 25.1° / 213.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 42m / -17.16° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 308.41° / 1.04° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.80° / -0.72° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -140.93° / 1.28° |
| Position angle of the axis | 346.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 75.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.