The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, March 12, 2107
Waning Gibbous
85.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 37°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:45 PM
8:40 AM
37°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 85.2%
- Age
- 17.7 days
- Distance
- 379,300 km
- Apparent size
- 31.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2278
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 | 225.31° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 45.21° |
| Illuminated fraction | 85.22% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -37.0° / 284.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 19m / -13.21° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 216.81° / 0.61° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.21° / -0.11° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -38.60° / 0.96° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 109.3° |
| 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.