The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, March 12, 2170
Waning Crescent
21.5% 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
5:27 AM
2:47 PM
25°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 21.5%
- Age
- 24.7 days
- Distance
- 400,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 3057
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 | 304.99° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 124.79° |
| Illuminated fraction | 21.47% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 20.2° / 206.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 00m / -24.14° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 297.16° / -3.50° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.85° / 5.30° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -119.44° / -1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 347.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 75.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.