The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, March 14, 1948
Waxing Crescent
13.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 64°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:35 AM
10:38 PM
64°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 13.8%
- Age
- 3.8 days
- Distance
- 390,600 km
- Apparent size
- 30.6′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 312
Events on this date
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Moon and Venus close together
They pass 2.1° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 14, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 43.51° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 136.38° |
| Illuminated fraction | 13.80% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 37.3° / 105.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 22m / 13.40° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 37.55° / -0.67° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.71° / 1.59° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 130.26° / -1.25° |
| Position angle of the axis | 342.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 252.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.