The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, March 12, 1999
Waning Crescent
27.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
3:21 AM
1:23 PM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 27.9%
- Age
- 24.4 days
- Distance
- 392,500 km
- Apparent size
- 30.4′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 942
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 | 296.39° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 116.21° |
| Illuminated fraction | 27.91% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 12.2° / 230.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 17m / -19.33° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 288.06° / 2.91° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.60° / -3.16° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -122.27° / -0.79° |
| Position angle of the axis | 351.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 83.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.