The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, March 12, 2016
Waxing Crescent
18.4% 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
9:12 AM
11:06 PM
62°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 18.4%
- Age
- 3.6 days
- Distance
- 364,200 km
- Apparent size
- 32.8′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 1153
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 | 50.53° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 129.24° |
| Illuminated fraction | 18.37% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 30.2° / 101.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 48m / 11.81° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 43.09° / -4.14° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.00° / 6.06° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 132.97° / -0.01° |
| Position angle of the axis | 342.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 256.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.