The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, March 12, 2074
Waxing Gibbous
99.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 61°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:59 PM
7:33 AM
61°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.2%
- Age
- 14.7 days
- Distance
- 367,400 km
- Apparent size
- 32.5′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 1870
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 | 170.40° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 9.94° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.25% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -38.6° / 337.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 01m / 9.21° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 162.84° / 2.68° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.86° / -2.72° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 4.69° / -1.01° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 303.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.