The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, March 14, 2014
Waxing Gibbous
95.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:59 PM
6:24 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 95.9%
- Age
- 13.3 days
- Distance
- 401,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 1128
Events on this date
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Mercury at greatest elongation
28° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.
Exact values
For Mar 14, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 156.87° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 23.46° |
| Illuminated fraction | 95.87% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -43.3° / 357.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 05m / 7.06° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 150.86° / -4.39° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.20° / 6.37° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 20.59° / 0.96° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 278.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.