The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, March 12, 2109
Waxing Gibbous
76.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 66°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
3:02 PM
4:36 AM
66°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 76.7%
- Age
- 10.9 days
- Distance
- 381,200 km
- Apparent size
- 31.3′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 2303
Events on this date
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Mercury and Venus close together
They pass 0.1° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 12, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 122.29° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 57.69° |
| Illuminated fraction | 76.72% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -26.4° / 34.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 41m / 16.78° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 114.26° / -4.53° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.75° / 6.55° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 50.24° / 0.07° |
| Position angle of the axis | 10.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 276.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.