The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, March 12, 2061
Waning Gibbous
65.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 25°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
12:18 AM
9:42 AM
25°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 65.5%
- Age
- 20.5 days
- Distance
- 404,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 1709
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 | 252.03° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 71.92° |
| Illuminated fraction | 65.52% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -23.9° / 256.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 08m / -24.68° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 244.67° / -3.68° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.74° / 5.33° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -73.94° / -0.74° |
| Position angle of the axis | 9.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 102.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.