The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, March 12, 2032
Waxing Crescent
1.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 55°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:04 AM
8:08 PM
55°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 1.6%
- Age
- 1.0 days
- Distance
- 365,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.7′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1351
Events on this date
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Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 0.3° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 12, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 14.11° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 165.58° |
| Illuminated fraction | 1.58% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 49.4° / 144.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 20m / 5.32° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 6.79° / 2.85° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.55° / -3.07° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 170.31° / 1.13° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 238.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.