The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, March 12, 2022
Waxing Gibbous
70.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 76°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
12:49 PM
3:46 AM
76°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 70.8%
- Age
- 10.0 days
- Distance
- 402,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 1227
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 | 114.54° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 65.38° |
| Illuminated fraction | 70.83% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -7.3° / 46.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 14m / 26.37° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 106.64° / 4.00° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.75° / -4.61° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 63.00° / -1.42° |
| Position angle of the axis | 8.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 279.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.