The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, March 12, 2085
Waning Gibbous
98.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 45°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:07 PM
7:53 AM
45°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.5%
- Age
- 16.4 days
- Distance
- 396,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2006
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 | 193.06° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 13.93° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.53% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -44.6° / 306.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 13m / -6.92° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 185.85° / -5.01° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.82° / 7.20° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -17.68° / 1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 136.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.