The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, March 14, 1969
Waning Crescent
14.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 27°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
5:02 AM
2:41 PM
27°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 14.9%
- Age
- 26.0 days
- Distance
- 370,300 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 571
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Mar 14, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 314.86° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 134.61° |
| Illuminated fraction | 14.89% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 20.4° / 211.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 50m / -22.05° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 308.80° / -4.13° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.65° / 6.02° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -132.59° / -0.15° |
| Position angle of the axis | 345.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 69.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.