The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, March 14, 1968
Full Moon
100.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 58°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:45 PM
6:51 AM
58°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 100.0%
- Age
- 15.4 days
- Distance
- 367,400 km
- Apparent size
- 32.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 559
Events on this date
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Full Moon
The whole disc is lit. The Moon rises around sunset and stays up all night.
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 1.1° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 14, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 178.95° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 2.50° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.95% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -44.6° / 345.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 38m / 4.81° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 173.14° / 2.27° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.92° / -2.30° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -3.06° / -0.70° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 353.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.