The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, March 12, 2200
Waning Crescent
17.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 35°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:05 AM
3:46 PM
35°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 17.5%
- Age
- 25.9 days
- Distance
- 363,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.8′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 3428
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 | 310.91° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 130.60° |
| Illuminated fraction | 17.46% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 30.6° / 206.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 16m / -14.47° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 302.82° / 5.16° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.20° / -5.95° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -133.52° / 0.98° |
| Position angle of the axis | 347.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 81.1° |
| 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.