The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, March 14, 1901
Waning Crescent
38.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 29°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
2:28 AM
12:24 PM
29°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 38.5%
- Age
- 23.6 days
- Distance
- 388,400 km
- Apparent size
- 30.8′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- -270
Events on this date
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Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 3.4° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 14, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 283.47° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 103.30° |
| Illuminated fraction | 38.49% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 3.4° / 239.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 29m / -19.84° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 276.92° / 3.44° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -8.32° / -3.78° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -110.88° / 1.36° |
| Position angle of the axis | 358.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 88.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.