The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, March 14, 1987
Waxing Gibbous
99.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:54 PM
6:32 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.2%
- Age
- 14.7 days
- Distance
- 392,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.5′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 794
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 | 170.07° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 10.20° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.21% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -41.6° / 357.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 04m / 8.70° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 163.65° / 2.46° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.33° / -2.59° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 5.29° / -0.55° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 303.2° |
| 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.