The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, March 12, 2001
Waning Gibbous
88.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 43°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:13 PM
8:46 AM
43°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 88.1%
- Age
- 17.4 days
- Distance
- 374,600 km
- Apparent size
- 31.9′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 967
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 | 220.31° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 40.44° |
| Illuminated fraction | 88.05% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -35.9° / 292.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 08m / -7.87° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 212.49° / 4.75° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.19° / -5.48° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -33.73° / -1.46° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 105.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.