The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, March 12, 2101
Waxing Gibbous
89.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 65°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
3:29 PM
5:14 AM
65°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 89.8%
- Age
- 12.6 days
- Distance
- 385,000 km
- Apparent size
- 31.0′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 2204
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 | 142.71° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 37.22° |
| Illuminated fraction | 89.82% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -28.3° / 26.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 10m / 17.66° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 134.67° / 1.29° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.53° / -1.02° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 31.12° / 0.59° |
| Position angle of the axis | 15.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 288.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.