The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, March 12, 2141
Waxing Crescent
20.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 71°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
9:46 AM
71°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 20.9%
- Age
- 4.1 days
- Distance
- 368,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 2699
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 368,500 km.
Exact values
For Mar 12, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 54.21° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 125.59° |
| Illuminated fraction | 20.90% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 23.0° / 82.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 51m / 20.32° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 46.43° / 3.75° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.31° / -4.14° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 124.74° / 1.47° |
| Position angle of the axis | 342.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 251.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.