The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, March 12, 2000
Waxing Crescent
43.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 69°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
10:57 AM
12:40 AM
69°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 43.5%
- Age
- 6.5 days
- Distance
- 370,900 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 955
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 | 82.36° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 97.48° |
| Illuminated fraction | 43.49% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 10.1° / 74.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 56m / 18.79° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 74.79° / -3.80° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.05° / 5.57° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 95.65° / -1.17° |
| Position angle of the axis | 355.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 264.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.