The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, March 12, 2067
Waning Crescent
9.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 37°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:52 AM
3:47 PM
37°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 9.8%
- Age
- 26.8 days
- Distance
- 363,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.8′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 1783
Events on this date
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Moon and Venus close together
They pass 4.1° apart in the sky.
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 363,600 km.
Exact values
For Mar 12, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 323.77° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 143.51° |
| Illuminated fraction | 9.80% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 31.9° / 209.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 09m / -12.35° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 315.97° / 3.86° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.86° / -4.37° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -143.94° / 1.50° |
| Position angle of the axis | 344.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 77.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.