The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, March 14, 1903
Waning Gibbous
98.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 47°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:13 PM
7:16 AM
47°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.2%
- Age
- 15.3 days
- Distance
- 376,100 km
- Apparent size
- 31.8′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- -245
Events on this date
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 3.7° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 14, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 195.53° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 15.50° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.18% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -48.2° / 322.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 30m / -3.99° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 188.48° / -0.68° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.23° / 1.53° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -10.24° / 0.60° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 118.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.