The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, March 14, 1928
Last Quarter
49.5% 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
1:46 AM
11:08 AM
25°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 49.5%
- Age
- 22.3 days
- Distance
- 398,800 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 64
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 2.1° apart in the sky.
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For Mar 14, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 270.77° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 90.61° |
| Illuminated fraction | 49.47% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -8.5° / 245.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 37m / -24.36° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 264.65° / -1.02° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.16° / 1.89° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -96.06° / -1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 1.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 92.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.