The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, March 14, 1957
Waxing Gibbous
96.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 52°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:19 PM
5:28 AM
52°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 96.9%
- Age
- 13.0 days
- Distance
- 359,100 km
- Apparent size
- 33.3′
- Constellation
- Sextans
- Lunation number
- 423
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 359,000 km.
Exact values
For Mar 14, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 160.35° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 20.19° |
| Illuminated fraction | 96.93% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -44.2° / 13.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 17m / 5.35° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 154.21° / -4.95° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.13° / 7.04° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 19.33° / 1.30° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 275.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.