The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, March 12, 2161
Waning Gibbous
99.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 46°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:59 PM
7:48 AM
46°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.0%
- Age
- 15.5 days
- Distance
- 357,800 km
- Apparent size
- 33.4′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2946
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 | 190.76° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 11.62° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.98% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -44.5° / 310.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 04m / -5.36° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 183.13° / -4.49° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.11° / 6.54° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -8.53° / 1.47° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 139.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.