The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, March 14, 1976
Waxing Gibbous
96.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 52°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:18 PM
5:27 AM
52°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 96.9%
- Age
- 13.7 days
- Distance
- 361,800 km
- Apparent size
- 33.0′
- Constellation
- Sextans
- Lunation number
- 658
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 | 160.10° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 20.40° |
| Illuminated fraction | 96.86% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -44.1° / 13.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 18m / 5.44° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 154.35° / -4.80° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.90° / 6.84° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 15.52° / 1.20° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 276.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.