The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, March 14, 1996
Waning Crescent
28.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:09 AM
1:33 PM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 28.0%
- Age
- 24.7 days
- Distance
- 367,400 km
- Apparent size
- 32.5′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 905
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 4.7° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 14, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 296.40° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 116.15° |
| Illuminated fraction | 27.96% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 14.1° / 232.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 27m / -16.66° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 290.81° / 5.23° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.17° / -6.09° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -117.73° / 0.60° |
| Position angle of the axis | 351.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 84.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.