The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, March 15, 2014
Waxing Gibbous
98.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 55°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:57 PM
6:55 AM
55°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.8%
- Age
- 14.3 days
- Distance
- 398,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Sextans
- Lunation number
- 1128
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Mar 15, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 168.07° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 12.45° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.82% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -45.6° / 341.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 52m / 3.22° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 163.07° / -3.71° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.28° / 5.50° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 8.44° / 0.94° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 272.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.