The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, March 12, 2004
Waning Gibbous
63.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 27°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
12:21 AM
9:58 AM
27°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 63.3%
- Age
- 21.3 days
- Distance
- 369,600 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 1004
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 | 254.65° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 74.52° |
| Illuminated fraction | 63.34% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -21.0° / 255.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 20m / -23.62° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 247.11° / -2.15° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.95° / 3.38° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -74.73° / -1.19° |
| Position angle of the axis | 8.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 100.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.