The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, March 12, 2147
Waxing Gibbous
80.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 66°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
3:21 PM
5:01 AM
66°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 80.3%
- Age
- 10.4 days
- Distance
- 405,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 2773
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 | 127.24° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 52.71° |
| Illuminated fraction | 80.29% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -28.2° / 29.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 02m / 17.03° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 119.00° / -3.38° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.71° / 5.01° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 54.79° / -0.35° |
| Position angle of the axis | 13.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 278.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.