The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, March 12, 2172
Waning Gibbous
94.2% 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
10:20 PM
8:58 AM
45°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 94.2%
- Age
- 17.7 days
- Distance
- 370,100 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 3082
Events on this date
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Mercury at greatest elongation
27° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.
Exact values
For Mar 12, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 207.93° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 27.88° |
| Illuminated fraction | 94.20% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -33.9° / 291.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 18m / -7.02° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 200.62° / 1.11° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.38° / -0.76° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -30.92° / -1.04° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 111.4° |
| 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.