The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, March 12, 2047
Waning Gibbous
99.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 48°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:47 PM
7:44 AM
48°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.3%
- Age
- 15.9 days
- Distance
- 359,300 km
- Apparent size
- 33.2′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1536
Events on this date
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Mercury at greatest elongation
27° 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 | 188.45° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 9.62° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.30% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -45.0° / 313.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 54m / -4.46° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 180.45° / -4.67° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.84° / 6.76° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -10.09° / 1.31° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 146.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.