The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, March 14, 2019
First Quarter
52.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 71°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
12:37 PM
2:40 AM
71°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 52.7%
- Age
- 8.0 days
- Distance
- 376,600 km
- Apparent size
- 31.7′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 1190
Events on this date
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First Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon is high at sunset and sets around midnight.
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Mercury at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Mar 14, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 92.90° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 86.96° |
| Illuminated fraction | 52.66% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -6.1° / 56.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 46m / 20.98° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 86.69° / -2.41° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.02° / 3.83° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 80.19° / -1.31° |
| Position angle of the axis | 0.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 268.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.