The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, March 12, 1996
Last Quarter
50.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
1:17 AM
11:30 AM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 50.2%
- Age
- 22.7 days
- Distance
- 371,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 905
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For Mar 12, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 269.86° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 89.72° |
| Illuminated fraction | 50.25% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -5.3° / 250.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 28m / -18.47° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 262.27° / 4.75° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.41° / -5.41° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -93.36° / 0.66° |
| Position angle of the axis | 4.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 93.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.