The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, March 12, 2049
Waxing Gibbous
61.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 71°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
12:18 PM
2:33 AM
71°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 61.7%
- Age
- 8.7 days
- Distance
- 404,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 1561
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 | 103.34° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 76.51° |
| Illuminated fraction | 61.66% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -3.2° / 58.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 25m / 21.35° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 95.90° / -1.95° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.91° / 3.18° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 77.82° / 1.55° |
| Position angle of the axis | 1.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 272.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.