The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, March 12, 2050
Waning Gibbous
85.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 35°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:49 PM
8:31 AM
35°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 85.1%
- Age
- 19.1 days
- Distance
- 393,900 km
- Apparent size
- 30.3′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1573
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 | 225.54° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 45.44° |
| Illuminated fraction | 85.08% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -38.6° / 282.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 20m / -15.34° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 217.85° / -1.29° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.46° / 2.38° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -51.56° / 1.38° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 111.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.