The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, March 12, 2015
Waning Gibbous
61.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
1:20 AM
11:41 AM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 61.3%
- Age
- 21.7 days
- Distance
- 388,100 km
- Apparent size
- 30.8′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 1140
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 2.2° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 12, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 257.01° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 76.91° |
| Illuminated fraction | 61.32% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -3.4° / 249.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 31m / -17.30° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 248.77° / 4.51° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -8.29° / -5.07° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -84.48° / 0.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 9.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 98.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.