The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, March 12, 2082
Waxing Gibbous
94.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:23 PM
6:38 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 94.0%
- Age
- 13.0 days
- Distance
- 363,100 km
- Apparent size
- 32.9′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 1969
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 | 151.56° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 28.40° |
| Illuminated fraction | 93.98% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -35.9° / 1.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 47m / 14.53° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 144.07° / 1.10° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.79° / -0.66° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 23.28° / 0.42° |
| Position angle of the axis | 17.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 290.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.