The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, March 12, 2020
Waning Gibbous
87.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 42°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:26 PM
9:48 AM
42°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 87.4%
- Age
- 18.0 days
- Distance
- 362,400 km
- Apparent size
- 33.0′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1202
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 | 221.50° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 41.60° |
| Illuminated fraction | 87.39% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -24.7° / 279.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 13m / -8.73° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 214.05° / 4.39° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.99° / -4.92° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -37.02° / -1.50° |
| Position angle of the axis | 18.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 105.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.