The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, March 14, 2161
Waning Gibbous
89.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 36°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:26 PM
9:02 AM
36°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 89.1%
- Age
- 17.5 days
- Distance
- 365,400 km
- Apparent size
- 32.7′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2946
Events on this date
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Venus at its brightest
Shines at magnitude -4.8, as bright as it gets this time around.
Exact values
For Mar 14, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 218.63° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 38.62° |
| Illuminated fraction | 89.06% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -32.7° / 277.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 59m / -15.09° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 212.99° / -2.76° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.35° / 4.31° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -32.83° / 1.45° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 114.8° |
| 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.