The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, March 14, 1934
Waning Crescent
0.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 45°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:09 AM
5:59 PM
45°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.9%
- Age
- 28.7 days
- Distance
- 369,200 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 138
Events on this date
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Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 0.6° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 14, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 349.47° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 169.23° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.88% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 44.6° / 180.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 54m / -4.77° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 342.90° / 2.11° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.01° / -2.13° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -166.13° / 0.91° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 75.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.