The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, March 12, 2145
Waning Gibbous
84.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 38°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:51 PM
8:49 AM
38°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 84.4%
- Age
- 19.0 days
- Distance
- 365,100 km
- Apparent size
- 32.7′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2748
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 2.0° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 12, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 226.56° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 46.49° |
| Illuminated fraction | 84.42% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -35.3° / 284.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 29m / -12.47° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 218.84° / 2.08° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.22° / -1.93° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -46.22° / 0.63° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 107.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.