The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, March 12, 2088
Waning Gibbous
74.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 33°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
9:29 AM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 74.5%
- Age
- 19.2 days
- Distance
- 402,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 2043
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 | 240.83° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 60.71° |
| Illuminated fraction | 74.46% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -27.6° / 269.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 28m / -17.33° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 233.94° / 1.46° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.04° / -1.24° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -59.12° / 1.11° |
| Position angle of the axis | 15.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 103.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.