The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, March 12, 2012
Waning Gibbous
76.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
10:08 AM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 76.1%
- Age
- 19.7 days
- Distance
- 365,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.7′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 1103
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 | 238.60° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 58.49° |
| Illuminated fraction | 76.13% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -19.9° / 260.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 13m / -19.46° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 231.08° / -1.49° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.35° / 2.70° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -55.61° / 1.48° |
| Position angle of the axis | 17.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 107.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.