The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, March 12, 2118
Waning Gibbous
71.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 27°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
9:13 AM
27°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 71.1%
- Age
- 20.2 days
- Distance
- 367,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.5′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 2414
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 | 245.07° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 65.02° |
| Illuminated fraction | 71.12% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -29.3° / 262.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 34m / -23.83° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 236.89° / -4.50° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.26° / 6.42° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -61.02° / -0.17° |
| Position angle of the axis | 13.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 106.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.