The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, March 12, 2054
Waxing Crescent
9.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 57°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:34 AM
10:50 PM
57°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 9.6%
- Age
- 3.1 days
- Distance
- 390,600 km
- Apparent size
- 30.6′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1623
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 | 35.91° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 143.80° |
| Illuminated fraction | 9.65% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 26.4° / 104.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 51m / 7.01° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 28.21° / -4.09° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.64° / 6.02° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 138.05° / -0.38° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 256.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.