The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, March 12, 1997
Waxing Crescent
17.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 62°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:08 AM
11:02 PM
62°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 17.9%
- Age
- 3.7 days
- Distance
- 373,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 918
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 | 49.80° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 129.99° |
| Illuminated fraction | 17.87% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 31.0° / 101.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 43m / 11.96° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 41.97° / -3.63° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.03° / 5.41° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 136.76° / 0.17° |
| Position angle of the axis | 341.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 256.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.