The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, March 12, 2175
Waning Gibbous
78.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 29°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
9:42 AM
29°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 78.5%
- Age
- 19.5 days
- Distance
- 403,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 3119
Events on this date
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Venus and Mars close together
They pass 0.7° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 12, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 235.19° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 55.21° |
| Illuminated fraction | 78.53% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -24.5° / 261.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 53m / -21.69° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 227.16° / -4.95° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.25° / 7.07° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -59.75° / 0.42° |
| Position angle of the axis | 16.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 111.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.