The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, March 12, 2196
Waxing Gibbous
94.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 56°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:40 PM
5:23 AM
56°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 94.8%
- Age
- 12.6 days
- Distance
- 359,100 km
- Apparent size
- 33.3′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 3379
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 | 153.81° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 26.28° |
| Illuminated fraction | 94.83% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -38.7° / 19.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 52m / 9.84° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 146.74° / -2.92° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.44° / 4.47° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 24.31° / 1.35° |
| Position angle of the axis | 18.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 282.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.