The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, March 14, 2071
Waxing Gibbous
97.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 58°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:25 PM
6:43 AM
58°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 97.5%
- Age
- 12.6 days
- Distance
- 369,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 1833
Events on this date
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Venus and Jupiter close together
They pass 1.3° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 14, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 161.85° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 18.30° |
| Illuminated fraction | 97.47% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -43.2° / 350.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 27m / 6.76° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 156.02° / -2.72° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.54° / 4.19° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 21.39° / 0.34° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 281.0° |
| 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.