The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, March 14, 1922
Waning Gibbous
97.7% 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
8:24 PM
7:24 AM
47°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 97.7%
- Age
- 15.9 days
- Distance
- 360,100 km
- Apparent size
- 33.2′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- -10
Events on this date
-
Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 3.0° apart in the sky.
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Moon and Jupiter 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 | 197.49° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 17.44° |
| Illuminated fraction | 97.70% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -47.3° / 319.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 40m / -4.11° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 190.83° / 0.19° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.32° / 0.44° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -14.05° / 0.41° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 114.6° |
| 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.