The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, March 14, 1947
Last Quarter
50.7% 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
1:41 AM
11:00 AM
25°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 50.7%
- Age
- 21.6 days
- Distance
- 403,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 299
Events on this date
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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 | 269.34° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 89.18° |
| Illuminated fraction | 50.72% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -9.9° / 245.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 27m / -24.74° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 262.62° / -1.50° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.80° / 2.54° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -87.67° / -1.49° |
| Position angle of the axis | 2.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 93.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.