The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, March 12, 2052
Waxing Gibbous
92.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 58°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:11 PM
6:01 AM
58°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 92.2%
- Age
- 11.3 days
- Distance
- 387,100 km
- Apparent size
- 30.9′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 1598
Events on this date
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Mercury at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Mar 12, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 147.80° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 32.37° |
| Illuminated fraction | 92.23% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -39.5° / 8.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 26m / 10.60° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 140.59° / -4.24° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.62° / 6.13° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 37.35° / 0.58° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 280.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.