The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, March 12, 2006
Waxing Gibbous
95.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 63°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:32 PM
6:01 AM
63°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 95.4%
- Age
- 12.7 days
- Distance
- 406,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 1029
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 406,300 km.
Exact values
For Mar 12, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 155.36° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 24.76° |
| Illuminated fraction | 95.40% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -34.0° / 13.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 03m / 15.38° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 147.35° / 3.18° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.68° / -3.51° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 25.81° / -0.38° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 296.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.