The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, March 12, 2104
Waning Gibbous
99.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 46°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:44 PM
7:45 AM
46°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.2%
- Age
- 15.4 days
- Distance
- 406,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2241
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 406,400 km.
Exact values
For Mar 12, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 189.09° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 10.33° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.19% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -45.2° / 312.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 57m / -5.09° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 181.28° / -4.99° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.35° / 7.18° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -9.30° / 1.58° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 145.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.