The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, March 19, 2014
Waning Gibbous
91.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 38°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:00 PM
9:02 AM
38°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 91.1%
- Age
- 18.3 days
- Distance
- 385,700 km
- Apparent size
- 31.0′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1128
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Mar 19, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 214.70° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 34.62° |
| Illuminated fraction | 91.15% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -33.0° / 281.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 06m / -12.30° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 213.68° / 0.47° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.95° / 0.16° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -40.17° / 0.82° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 110.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.