The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, March 12, 2031
Waning Gibbous
86.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 35°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:45 PM
9:22 AM
35°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 86.4%
- Age
- 19.0 days
- Distance
- 375,900 km
- Apparent size
- 31.8′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1338
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 | 223.31° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 43.26° |
| Illuminated fraction | 86.41% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -29.2° / 273.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 09m / -15.29° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 215.20° / -2.16° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.42° / 3.58° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -47.25° / 1.45° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 112.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.