The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, March 14, 1937
Waxing Crescent
5.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 62°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:24 AM
9:16 PM
62°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 5.2%
- Age
- 1.9 days
- Distance
- 363,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.8′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 176
Events on this date
-
Venus at its brightest
Shines at magnitude -4.8, as bright as it gets this time around.
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 363,600 km.
Exact values
For Mar 14, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 25.90° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 153.70° |
| Illuminated fraction | 5.18% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 49.1° / 125.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 06m / 11.68° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 19.62° / 4.32° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.04° / -5.01° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 152.73° / 1.50° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 240.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.