The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, March 14, 2044
Waning Gibbous
99.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 49°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:51 PM
8:01 AM
49°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.2%
- Age
- 14.8 days
- Distance
- 384,900 km
- Apparent size
- 31.0′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1499
Events on this date
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Venus and Neptune close together
They pass 4.3° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 14, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 190.37° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 10.43° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.17% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -42.4° / 310.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 17m / -3.27° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 185.10° / -1.36° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.60° / 2.46° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -5.55° / 0.16° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 124.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.