The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, March 12, 2003
Waxing Gibbous
63.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 76°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
12:10 PM
3:03 AM
76°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 63.9%
- Age
- 9.6 days
- Distance
- 391,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.6′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 992
Events on this date
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Venus and Neptune close together
They pass 0.2° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 12, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 106.02° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 73.86° |
| Illuminated fraction | 63.90% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -1.8° / 53.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 34m / 26.15° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 97.73° / 2.94° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.44° / -3.17° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 66.78° / -1.48° |
| Position angle of the axis | 5.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 274.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.