The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, March 12, 2087
Waxing Gibbous
61.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 69°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
1:24 PM
3:25 AM
69°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 61.2%
- Age
- 7.7 days
- Distance
- 379,800 km
- Apparent size
- 31.5′
- Constellation
- Orion
- Lunation number
- 2031
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 | 102.85° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 77.03° |
| Illuminated fraction | 61.22% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -13.1° / 49.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 22m / 20.22° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 95.16° / -3.11° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.42° / 4.76° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 82.91° / 1.40° |
| Position angle of the axis | 1.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 271.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.