The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, March 12, 2177
Waxing Gibbous
95.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:43 PM
6:29 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 95.0%
- Age
- 12.0 days
- Distance
- 370,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 3144
Events on this date
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Mercury at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Mar 12, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 154.17° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 25.87° |
| Illuminated fraction | 94.99% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -40.0° / 359.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 52m / 10.40° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 146.66° / -2.35° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.03° / 3.82° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 28.61° / 1.26° |
| Position angle of the axis | 18.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 283.4° |
| 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.