The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, March 12, 1992
Waxing Gibbous
56.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 73°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
11:42 AM
2:15 AM
73°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 56.8%
- Age
- 8.2 days
- Distance
- 371,900 km
- Apparent size
- 32.1′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 856
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 | 97.72° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 82.14° |
| Illuminated fraction | 56.84% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 2.2° / 60.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 00m / 24.01° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 90.10° / 0.57° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.38° / -0.06° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 77.04° / 1.47° |
| Position angle of the axis | 358.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 270.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.