The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, March 12, 2040
New Moon
0.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 40°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:58 AM
7:17 PM
40°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.4%
- Age
- 29.1 days
- Distance
- 372,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.1′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 1449
Events on this date
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New Moon
The Moon passes between Earth and the Sun and cannot be seen. These are the darkest nights of the month.
Exact values
For Mar 12, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 354.68° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 172.73° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.40% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 35.6° / 152.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 21m / -9.53° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 347.37° / -4.93° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.16° / 7.24° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -170.51° / -1.46° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 19.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.