The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, March 12, 2167
Waning Gibbous
62.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 33°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:11 AM
11:36 AM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 62.7%
- Age
- 20.8 days
- Distance
- 403,800 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 3020
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 | 255.43° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 75.33° |
| Illuminated fraction | 62.66% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -4.3° / 251.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 25m / -16.88° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 247.33° / 4.70° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.61° / -5.44° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -78.37° / -1.03° |
| Position angle of the axis | 8.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 98.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.