The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, March 14, 2144
Waxing Gibbous
69.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 66°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
2:18 PM
3:58 AM
66°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 69.3%
- Age
- 10.1 days
- Distance
- 379,600 km
- Apparent size
- 31.5′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 2736
Events on this date
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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 | 112.67° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 67.29° |
| Illuminated fraction | 69.31% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -21.1° / 42.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 12m / 17.41° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 107.15° / -4.95° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.36° / 7.08° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 59.32° / 1.05° |
| Position angle of the axis | 6.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 274.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.