The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, March 14, 1900
Waxing Gibbous
97.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 52°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:24 PM
5:36 AM
52°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 97.4%
- Age
- 13.2 days
- Distance
- 406,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Sextans
- Lunation number
- -282
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 406,500 km.
Exact values
For Mar 14, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 162.21° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 18.39° |
| Illuminated fraction | 97.45% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -45.0° / 11.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 23m / 4.76° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 155.90° / -4.93° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.11° / 7.04° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 18.55° / 1.57° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 274.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.