The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, March 12, 2071
Waxing Gibbous
85.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 62°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:07 PM
5:19 AM
62°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 85.4%
- Age
- 10.6 days
- Distance
- 367,300 km
- Apparent size
- 32.5′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 1833
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 367,200 km.
Exact values
For Mar 12, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 135.09° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 44.99° |
| Illuminated fraction | 85.36% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -33.6° / 22.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 34m / 14.04° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 127.27° / -4.55° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.39° / 6.56° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 45.69° / 0.41° |
| Position angle of the axis | 15.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 279.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.