The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, March 12, 2158
Waxing Gibbous
94.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:30 PM
6:30 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 94.4%
- Age
- 11.8 days
- Distance
- 390,900 km
- Apparent size
- 30.6′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 2909
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 | 152.49° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 27.48° |
| Illuminated fraction | 94.36% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -38.5° / 1.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 45m / 11.85° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 144.59° / -1.56° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.18° / 2.78° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 32.42° / 1.15° |
| Position angle of the axis | 17.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 285.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.