The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, March 12, 2180
Waning Gibbous
99.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 47°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:56 PM
7:48 AM
47°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.1%
- Age
- 16.1 days
- Distance
- 361,600 km
- Apparent size
- 33.0′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 3181
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 | 190.32° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 11.09° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.07% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -44.5° / 310.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 05m / -5.05° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 183.08° / -4.17° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.12° / 6.14° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -12.34° / 1.41° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 138.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.