The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, March 12, 2151
Waning Crescent
27.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 25°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
3:51 AM
1:08 PM
25°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 27.1%
- Age
- 24.1 days
- Distance
- 405,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 2822
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 405,100 km.
Exact values
For Mar 12, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 297.40° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 117.24° |
| Illuminated fraction | 27.11% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 9.3° / 225.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 25m / -24.40° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 289.23° / -2.39° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.43° / 3.75° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -116.13° / -1.56° |
| Position angle of the axis | 350.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 80.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.