The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, March 12, 2153
Waning Gibbous
93.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 45°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:27 PM
9:04 AM
45°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 93.7%
- Age
- 17.3 days
- Distance
- 359,500 km
- Apparent size
- 33.2′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2847
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 | 209.08° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 29.05° |
| Illuminated fraction | 93.71% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -32.8° / 290.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 22m / -6.78° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 201.37° / 1.67° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.56° / -1.44° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -27.13° / -1.16° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 110.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.