The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, March 12, 2024
Waxing Crescent
7.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 61°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:01 AM
10:46 PM
61°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 7.7%
- Age
- 2.3 days
- Distance
- 362,300 km
- Apparent size
- 33.0′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1252
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 | 32.24° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 147.68° |
| Illuminated fraction | 7.75% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 32.5° / 105.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 31m / 10.39° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 24.81° / 0.83° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.83° / -0.31° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 152.14° / -0.62° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 248.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.