The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, March 14, 1979
Waning Gibbous
99.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 51°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:34 PM
7:11 AM
51°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.3%
- Age
- 16.0 days
- Distance
- 399,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 695
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 | 189.17° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 9.25° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.35% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -46.4° / 331.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 12m / 0.20° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 182.70° / 1.39° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.16° / -1.16° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -13.31° / -0.15° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 108.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.