The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, March 12, 2126
Waning Gibbous
83.9% 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
11:59 PM
9:51 AM
37°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 83.9%
- Age
- 18.4 days
- Distance
- 365,300 km
- Apparent size
- 32.7′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2513
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune 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 | 227.37° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 47.28° |
| Illuminated fraction | 83.92% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -23.9° / 272.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 29m / -13.15° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 219.22° / 1.49° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.83° / -1.13° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -41.90° / 0.79° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 107.9° |
| 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.