The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, March 14, 2017
Waning Gibbous
95.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 47°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:50 PM
8:57 AM
47°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 95.7%
- Age
- 16.0 days
- Distance
- 396,400 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1165
Events on this date
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Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 2.3° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 14, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 203.84° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 24.04° |
| Illuminated fraction | 95.66% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -33.5° / 296.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 12m / -3.68° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 198.10° / 3.70° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.09° / -4.12° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -20.35° / -0.62° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 105.5° |
| 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.