The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, March 14, 1959
Waxing Crescent
23.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 65°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:30 AM
11:41 PM
65°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 23.6%
- Age
- 5.3 days
- Distance
- 405,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 448
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 405,200 km.
Exact values
For Mar 14, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 58.00° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 121.81° |
| Illuminated fraction | 23.65% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 26.8° / 93.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 19m / 14.95° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 51.38° / -3.27° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.47° / 4.87° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 120.00° / 0.56° |
| Position angle of the axis | 344.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 257.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.