The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, March 14, 1949
Full Moon
99.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 59°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:44 PM
6:53 AM
59°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.9%
- Age
- 14.8 days
- Distance
- 356,700 km
- Apparent size
- 33.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 324
Events on this date
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Full Moon
The whole disc is lit. The Moon rises around sunset and stays up all night.
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 356,700 km.
Exact values
For Mar 14, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 178.78° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 3.11° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.93% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -43.9° / 345.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 37m / 5.58° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 172.58° / 2.87° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.27° / -3.02° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 0.74° / -0.85° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 357.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.