The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, March 14, 2012
Last Quarter
54.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 27°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
2:12 AM
11:55 AM
27°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 54.5%
- Age
- 21.7 days
- Distance
- 372,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 1103
Events on this date
-
Venus and Jupiter close together
They pass 3.0° apart in the sky.
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For Mar 14, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 264.96° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 84.81° |
| Illuminated fraction | 54.52% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -0.9° / 241.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 14m / -22.03° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 259.44° / 0.99° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.20° / -0.54° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -79.95° / 1.46° |
| Position angle of the axis | 6.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 94.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.