The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, March 12, 1993
Waning Gibbous
75.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
9:07 AM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 75.4%
- Age
- 19.2 days
- Distance
- 372,600 km
- Apparent size
- 32.1′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 868
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 | 239.51° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 59.41° |
| Illuminated fraction | 75.44% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -31.1° / 268.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 15m / -20.19° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 231.65° / -2.09° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.61° / 3.36° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -52.32° / 1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 16.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 107.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.