The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, March 12, 1994
New Moon
0.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 52°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:37 AM
7:16 PM
52°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.3%
- Age
- 0.4 days
- Distance
- 402,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 881
Events on this date
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New Moon
The Moon passes between Earth and the Sun and cannot be seen. These are the darkest nights of the month.
Exact values
For Mar 12, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 4.59° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 173.66° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.31% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 50.3° / 159.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 40m / 2.59° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 356.49° / 4.35° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.51° / -5.14° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 177.93° / 1.41° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 206.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.