The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, March 12, 2060
Waxing Gibbous
82.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 73°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
2:11 PM
4:52 AM
73°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 82.3%
- Age
- 10.0 days
- Distance
- 394,800 km
- Apparent size
- 30.3′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 1697
Events on this date
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Venus at greatest elongation
46° from the Sun in the evening sky, its best showing after sunset.
Exact values
For Mar 12, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 130.36° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 49.72° |
| Illuminated fraction | 82.33% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -17.7° / 34.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 27m / 24.39° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 123.24° / 5.10° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.47° / -6.01° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 55.43° / -1.16° |
| Position angle of the axis | 14.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 287.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.