The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, March 12, 2131
Waxing Gibbous
98.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 64°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:29 PM
7:31 AM
64°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.4%
- Age
- 13.1 days
- Distance
- 400,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 2575
Events on this date
-
Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 2.8° apart in the sky.
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Mercury at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Mar 12, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 165.91° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 14.54° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.40% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -36.6° / 343.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 43m / 12.25° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 157.54° / 3.79° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.64° / -4.29° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 17.63° / -1.43° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 304.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.