The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, March 12, 2009
Waning Gibbous
96.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 43°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:45 PM
8:12 AM
43°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 96.9%
- Age
- 15.6 days
- Distance
- 380,400 km
- Apparent size
- 31.4′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1066
Events on this date
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Uranus behind the Sun
On the far side of the Sun and lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Mar 12, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 199.87° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 20.32° |
| Illuminated fraction | 96.89% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -42.0° / 298.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 37m / -9.02° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 192.09° / -4.61° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.88° / 6.69° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -14.64° / 1.12° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 127.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.