The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, March 12, 2096
Waning Gibbous
88.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 41°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:15 PM
9:36 AM
41°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 88.4%
- Age
- 17.7 days
- Distance
- 405,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2142
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 | 219.93° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 39.90° |
| Illuminated fraction | 88.36% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -27.2° / 279.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 07m / -10.14° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 213.04° / 2.54° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.56° / -2.68° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -40.03° / -1.49° |
| Position angle of the axis | 18.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 107.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.