The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, March 12, 2068
Waxing Gibbous
68.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
2:03 PM
4:02 AM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 68.2%
- Age
- 8.7 days
- Distance
- 398,400 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 1796
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 | 111.21° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 68.68° |
| Illuminated fraction | 68.18% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -18.6° / 42.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 00m / 19.53° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 104.13° / -3.17° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.35° / 4.83° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 74.54° / 1.49° |
| Position angle of the axis | 4.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 274.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.