The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, March 12, 2186
Last Quarter
54.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
1:02 AM
12:09 PM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 54.4%
- Age
- 21.2 days
- Distance
- 402,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 3255
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For Mar 12, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 265.13° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 84.98° |
| Illuminated fraction | 54.37% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 1.1° / 243.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 07m / -19.02° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 257.42° / 3.82° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.28° / -4.28° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -82.17° / -1.19° |
| Position angle of the axis | 4.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 95.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.