The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, March 12, 2189
Waning Crescent
18.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 25°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
5:43 AM
3:07 PM
25°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 18.8%
- Age
- 25.3 days
- Distance
- 384,600 km
- Apparent size
- 31.1′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 3292
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 | 308.84° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 128.60° |
| Illuminated fraction | 18.81% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 21.7° / 202.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 19m / -23.92° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 301.40° / -4.20° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.91° / 6.22° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -123.26° / -1.46° |
| Position angle of the axis | 346.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 73.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.