The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, March 12, 2018
Waning Crescent
21.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
5:00 AM
3:02 PM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 21.7%
- Age
- 24.8 days
- Distance
- 403,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1177
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 | 304.64° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 124.49° |
| Illuminated fraction | 21.68% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 24.2° / 210.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 53m / -19.25° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 296.66° / 1.60° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.49° / -1.39° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -125.57° / -0.98° |
| Position angle of the axis | 347.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 79.9° |
| 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.