The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, March 12, 2014
Waxing Gibbous
85.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 62°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:05 PM
5:19 AM
62°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 85.2%
- Age
- 11.3 days
- Distance
- 405,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 1128
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 | 134.86° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 45.26° |
| Illuminated fraction | 85.20% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -33.9° / 22.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 32m / 13.59° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 126.86° / -5.12° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.28° / 7.32° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 44.90° / 1.00° |
| Position angle of the axis | 14.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 278.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.