The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, March 12, 2174
Waxing Gibbous
71.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 76°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
12:53 PM
3:58 AM
76°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 71.9%
- Age
- 9.2 days
- Distance
- 401,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 3107
Events on this date
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Mercury and Uranus close together
They pass 1.4° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 12, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 115.92° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 64.04° |
| Illuminated fraction | 71.89% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -7.6° / 45.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 22m / 27.03° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 108.18° / 4.89° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.87° / -5.70° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 69.11° / -0.11° |
| Position angle of the axis | 7.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 280.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.