The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, March 14, 1916
Waxing Gibbous
76.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 70°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
1:40 PM
4:03 AM
70°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 76.5%
- Age
- 10.5 days
- Distance
- 401,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- -84
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 0.9° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 14, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 121.86° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 58.01° |
| Illuminated fraction | 76.49% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -14.9° / 43.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 51m / 22.04° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 115.66° / 1.03° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.65° / -0.70° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 55.70° / 1.14° |
| Position angle of the axis | 9.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 281.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.