The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, March 12, 2178
Waning Crescent
36.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 26°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
3:55 AM
1:21 PM
26°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 36.7%
- Age
- 22.9 days
- Distance
- 401,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 3156
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 | 285.58° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 105.44° |
| Illuminated fraction | 36.69% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 11.2° / 225.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 34m / -23.33° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 277.83° / -0.15° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.10° / 0.85° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -100.80° / 1.50° |
| Position angle of the axis | 358.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 86.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.