The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, March 12, 2128
Waxing Gibbous
82.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 65°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:33 PM
4:05 AM
65°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 82.0%
- Age
- 11.4 days
- Distance
- 396,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 2538
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 | 129.72° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 50.26° |
| Illuminated fraction | 81.97% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -23.5° / 41.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 14m / 16.10° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 122.13° / -3.66° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.54° / 5.34° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 45.93° / -0.14° |
| Position angle of the axis | 14.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 279.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.