The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, March 12, 2080
Waning Gibbous
57.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 23°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
2:13 AM
11:12 AM
23°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 57.8%
- Age
- 20.8 days
- Distance
- 400,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 1944
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 | 261.18° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 81.05° |
| Illuminated fraction | 57.78% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -7.6° / 240.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 49m / -27.07° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 254.18° / -4.61° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.11° / 6.65° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -77.23° / -0.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 6.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 98.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.