The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, March 12, 2013
Waxing Crescent
0.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 54°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:54 AM
8:50 PM
54°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.9%
- Age
- 0.8 days
- Distance
- 384,600 km
- Apparent size
- 31.1′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1116
Events on this date
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 4.5° apart in the sky.
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Mars, Moon, and Uranus gathered
All within 7.1° of each other in the sky.
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 4.0° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 12, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 10.36° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 169.00° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.92% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 42.7° / 130.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 04m / 4.38° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 2.60° / 3.64° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.22° / -4.07° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 174.63° / 1.28° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 231.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.