The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, March 12, 2034
Waning Gibbous
56.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
12:49 AM
12:06 PM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 56.1%
- Age
- 21.7 days
- Distance
- 400,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 1375
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 | 263.12° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 82.99° |
| Illuminated fraction | 56.10% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 0.8° / 245.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 58m / -17.61° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 255.27° / 5.04° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.94° / -5.83° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -88.26° / 0.31° |
| Position angle of the axis | 6.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 95.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.