The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, March 12, 2007
Waning Crescent
45.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 21°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
3:31 AM
12:12 PM
21°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 45.0%
- Age
- 23.0 days
- Distance
- 390,400 km
- Apparent size
- 30.6′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1041
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 | 275.87° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 95.69° |
| Illuminated fraction | 45.04% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 1.3° / 229.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 49m / -28.61° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 267.57° / -5.19° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.95° / 7.43° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -103.10° / 0.15° |
| Position angle of the axis | 1.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 90.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.