The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, March 12, 2066
Waning Gibbous
99.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 47°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:49 PM
6:44 AM
47°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.1%
- Age
- 16.3 days
- Distance
- 376,000 km
- Apparent size
- 31.8′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1771
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 | 189.68° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 10.81° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.11% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -52.3° / 331.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 00m / -5.34° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 182.12° / -4.90° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.75° / 6.98° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -14.40° / 1.42° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 142.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.