The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, March 12, 2098
Waxing Gibbous
72.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 76°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
1:59 PM
5:00 AM
76°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 72.3%
- Age
- 9.5 days
- Distance
- 366,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.6′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 2167
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 | 116.43° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 63.56° |
| Illuminated fraction | 72.26% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -15.2° / 33.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 26m / 27.20° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 109.06° / 5.18° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.41° / -5.91° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 60.49° / -0.85° |
| Position angle of the axis | 8.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 280.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.