The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, March 12, 2197
Waning Crescent
31.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 27°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
4:14 AM
1:56 PM
27°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 31.7%
- Age
- 23.6 days
- Distance
- 390,200 km
- Apparent size
- 30.6′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 3391
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 | 291.61° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 111.46° |
| Illuminated fraction | 31.70% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 16.0° / 221.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 01m / -21.56° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 284.25° / 1.10° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.29° / -0.77° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -104.60° / 1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 355.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 84.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.