The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, March 12, 2140
Waning Crescent
42.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 24°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
2:31 AM
11:40 AM
24°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 42.3%
- Age
- 23.2 days
- Distance
- 392,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.5′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 2686
Events on this date
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Mercury and Jupiter close together
They pass 1.2° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 12, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 279.07° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 98.91° |
| Illuminated fraction | 42.25% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -3.2° / 238.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 07m / -25.42° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 271.57° / -2.00° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.55° / 3.26° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -105.88° / 1.31° |
| Position angle of the axis | 1.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 89.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.