The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, March 14, 1974
Waning Gibbous
61.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 26°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
1:44 AM
11:15 AM
26°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 61.0%
- Age
- 20.4 days
- Distance
- 397,600 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 633
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 2.9° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 14, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 257.43° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 77.29° |
| Illuminated fraction | 61.00% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -7.5° / 245.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 38m / -23.22° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 251.13° / -1.12° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.39° / 2.15° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -72.34° / 1.55° |
| Position angle of the axis | 9.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 98.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.