The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, March 12, 1995
Waxing Gibbous
79.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 64°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:21 PM
3:49 AM
64°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 79.7%
- Age
- 11.2 days
- Distance
- 394,100 km
- Apparent size
- 30.3′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 893
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 | 126.53° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 53.52° |
| Illuminated fraction | 79.73% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -22.2° / 44.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 57m / 15.53° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 118.18° / -5.10° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.58° / 7.23° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 48.20° / 1.16° |
| Position angle of the axis | 11.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 277.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.