The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, March 14, 1926
Waxing Crescent
0.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 46°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:25 AM
7:26 PM
46°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.7%
- Age
- 0.6 days
- Distance
- 361,900 km
- Apparent size
- 33.0′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 40
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 3.7° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 14, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 7.96° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 170.74° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.65% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 42.0° / 153.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 12m / -3.78° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 1.33° / -4.70° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.09° / 6.87° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 175.20° / -1.33° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 280.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.