The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, March 12, 2002
Waning Crescent
1.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 36°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:33 AM
5:19 PM
36°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 1.9%
- Age
- 28.4 days
- Distance
- 406,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 979
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 | 345.02° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 164.25° |
| Illuminated fraction | 1.88% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 35.9° / 182.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 42m / -13.41° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 336.97° / -4.80° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.24° / 6.99° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -163.41° / -1.57° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 48.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.