The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, March 14, 2079
Waxing Gibbous
90.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 67°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
4:36 PM
6:35 AM
67°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 90.6%
- Age
- 11.1 days
- Distance
- 379,700 km
- Apparent size
- 31.5′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 1932
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Mar 14, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 144.42° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 35.79° |
| Illuminated fraction | 90.56% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -30.2° / 7.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 31m / 19.93° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 138.66° / 4.95° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.88° / -5.67° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 40.00° / -0.96° |
| Position angle of the axis | 18.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 294.4° |
| 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.