The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, March 12, 2023
Waning Gibbous
75.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
10:14 AM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 75.3%
- Age
- 20.4 days
- Distance
- 383,500 km
- Apparent size
- 31.1′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 1239
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 | 239.73° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 59.61° |
| Illuminated fraction | 75.29% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -19.1° / 259.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 15m / -19.59° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 231.54° / -1.50° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.89° / 2.56° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -65.87° / -1.09° |
| Position angle of the axis | 14.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 106.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.