The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, March 14, 2166
Waxing Gibbous
95.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:49 PM
6:44 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 95.9%
- Age
- 12.4 days
- Distance
- 403,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 3008
Events on this date
-
Venus and Neptune close together
They pass 0.7° apart in the sky.
-
Neptune, Uranus, and Venus gathered
All within 2.9° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 14, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 156.64° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 23.30° |
| Illuminated fraction | 95.92% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -39.2° / 355.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 11m / 11.10° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 150.79° / -0.09° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.64° / 0.72° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 26.70° / -0.64° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 288.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.