The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, March 14, 1981
Waxing Gibbous
67.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 70°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
12:55 PM
2:57 AM
70°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 67.6%
- Age
- 8.3 days
- Distance
- 380,600 km
- Apparent size
- 31.4′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 720
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 | 110.55° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 69.33° |
| Illuminated fraction | 67.65% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -9.0° / 54.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 02m / 20.42° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 104.58° / -2.23° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.59° / 3.44° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 75.11° / -1.10° |
| Position angle of the axis | 7.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 275.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.