The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, March 12, 2025
Waxing Gibbous
97.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 64°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:12 PM
7:12 AM
64°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 97.5%
- Age
- 12.6 days
- Distance
- 397,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 1264
Events on this date
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Saturn behind the Sun
On the far side of the Sun and lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Mar 12, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 161.83° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 18.24° |
| Illuminated fraction | 97.49% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -37.7° / 348.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 27m / 11.93° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 154.16° / 2.09° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.62° / -1.99° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 22.54° / -0.13° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 295.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.