The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, March 12, 2142
Waning Gibbous
99.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 47°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:51 PM
7:46 AM
47°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.1%
- Age
- 14.8 days
- Distance
- 371,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.1′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2711
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 | 189.56° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 10.66° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.14% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -44.9° / 311.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 58m / -5.00° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 181.54° / -4.79° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.72° / 6.92° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -4.73° / 1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 143.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.