The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, March 14, 1999
Waning Crescent
11.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 33°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:53 AM
3:21 PM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 11.6%
- Age
- 26.4 days
- Distance
- 381,500 km
- Apparent size
- 31.3′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 942
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 1.3° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 14, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 320.23° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 140.13° |
| Illuminated fraction | 11.62% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 27.6° / 210.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 05m / -15.96° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 313.90° / 0.73° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.06° / -0.31° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -146.67° / -0.82° |
| Position angle of the axis | 341.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 73.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.