The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, March 12, 2044
Waxing Gibbous
98.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:36 PM
6:16 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.5%
- Age
- 12.9 days
- Distance
- 377,400 km
- Apparent size
- 31.6′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 1499
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 | 166.08° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 13.93° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.53% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -41.1° / 2.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 43m / 9.22° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 158.85° / 1.04° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.67° / -0.65° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 18.25° / 0.09° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 293.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.