The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, March 14, 1912
Waning Crescent
16.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 25°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
5:00 AM
2:22 PM
25°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 16.6%
- Age
- 25.5 days
- Distance
- 403,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- -134
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 4.6° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 14, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 312.29° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 131.97° |
| Illuminated fraction | 16.56% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 18.1° / 212.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 39m / -23.66° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 306.05° / -5.05° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.72° / 7.23° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -133.34° / -0.77° |
| Position angle of the axis | 345.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 70.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.