The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, March 12, 2046
Waxing Crescent
20.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 72°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
9:39 AM
72°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 20.9%
- Age
- 4.9 days
- Distance
- 396,900 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 1524
Events on this date
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Venus at greatest elongation
47° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.
Exact values
For Mar 12, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 54.09° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 125.61° |
| Illuminated fraction | 20.88% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 24.3° / 82.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 49m / 21.66° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 46.34° / 5.16° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.85° / -6.05° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 119.39° / 0.98° |
| Position angle of the axis | 342.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 249.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.