The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, March 12, 2099
Waning Gibbous
61.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 23°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
1:45 AM
10:53 AM
23°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 61.8%
- Age
- 20.5 days
- Distance
- 383,000 km
- Apparent size
- 31.2′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 2179
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 | 256.50° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 76.40° |
| Illuminated fraction | 61.76% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -10.8° / 244.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 25m / -26.43° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 248.89° / -4.72° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.79° / 6.80° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -68.87° / -0.34° |
| Position angle of the axis | 8.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 100.9° |
| 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.