The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, March 14, 1951
Waxing Crescent
40.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 78°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
9:59 AM
1:01 AM
78°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 40.5%
- Age
- 6.8 days
- Distance
- 404,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 349
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Mar 14, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 78.81° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 100.99° |
| Illuminated fraction | 40.47% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 19.0° / 70.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 39m / 27.45° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 72.13° / 5.24° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.91° / -6.23° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 101.33° / 0.10° |
| Position angle of the axis | 352.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 261.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.