The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, March 14, 2006
Full Moon
99.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 57°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:32 PM
6:43 AM
57°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.9%
- Age
- 14.7 days
- Distance
- 405,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 1029
Events on this date
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Full Moon
The whole disc is lit. The Moon rises around sunset and stays up all night.
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Penumbral lunar eclipse
The Moon passes through Earth's faint outer shadow and dims slightly. It starts at 4:23 PM, is deepest at 6:47 PM and ends at 9:11 PM. Partly visible from Columbus: the Moon is below the horizon for some of it.
Exact values
For Mar 14, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 177.01° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 3.22° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.92% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -45.0° / 348.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 29m / 4.69° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 170.99° / 1.22° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.30° / -1.00° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 1.50° / -0.32° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 305.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.