The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, March 14, 1965
Waxing Gibbous
89.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
3:26 PM
5:24 AM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 89.8%
- Age
- 11.3 days
- Distance
- 366,100 km
- Apparent size
- 32.6′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 522
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 366,000 km.
Exact values
For Mar 14, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 142.80° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 37.33° |
| Illuminated fraction | 89.76% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -26.6° / 24.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 22m / 19.92° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 136.71° / 4.29° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.29° / -4.91° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 37.91° / -1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 18.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 292.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.