The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, March 14, 1955
Waning Gibbous
68.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 27°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
9:34 AM
27°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 68.4%
- Age
- 20.0 days
- Distance
- 404,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 398
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 404,500 km.
Exact values
For Mar 14, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 248.51° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 68.39° |
| Illuminated fraction | 68.41% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -25.5° / 260.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 57m / -22.99° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 241.86° / -2.50° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.16° / 3.89° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -69.06° / 1.55° |
| Position angle of the axis | 13.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 103.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.