The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, March 12, 2039
Waning Gibbous
94.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 49°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:05 PM
8:12 AM
49°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 94.4%
- Age
- 17.6 days
- Distance
- 366,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.6′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1437
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 | 207.03° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 27.33° |
| Illuminated fraction | 94.42% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -40.6° / 307.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 17m / -3.14° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 199.01° / 4.65° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.36° / -5.34° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -29.19° / -1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 104.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.