The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, March 12, 2010
Waning Crescent
9.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 36°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:06 AM
3:49 PM
36°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 9.0%
- Age
- 26.6 days
- Distance
- 406,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 1078
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 406,000 km.
Exact values
For Mar 12, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 325.30° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 145.14° |
| Illuminated fraction | 8.97% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 31.7° / 207.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 16m / -13.37° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 317.32° / 2.39° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.04° / -2.56° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -144.73° / 1.41° |
| Position angle of the axis | 344.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 75.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.