The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, March 14, 2182
Waxing Gibbous
72.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 65°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:39 PM
4:15 AM
65°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 72.8%
- Age
- 9.8 days
- Distance
- 405,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 3206
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 405,100 km.
Exact values
For Mar 14, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 117.09° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 62.90° |
| Illuminated fraction | 72.78% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -24.0° / 39.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 29m / 16.56° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 111.36° / -5.22° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.63° / 7.44° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 63.89° / 0.73° |
| Position angle of the axis | 8.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 275.8° |
| 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.