The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, March 14, 2139
Waxing Gibbous
99.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 57°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:55 PM
7:06 AM
57°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.0%
- Age
- 13.7 days
- Distance
- 406,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Sextans
- Lunation number
- 2674
Events on this date
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Mercury at greatest elongation
28° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 406,400 km.
Exact values
For Mar 14, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 168.50° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 11.72° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.96% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -43.8° / 340.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 51m / 4.74° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 162.21° / -2.42° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.47° / 3.83° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 11.91° / 1.04° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 277.5° |
| 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.