The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, March 14, 1980
Waning Crescent
6.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 36°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:23 AM
4:17 PM
36°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 6.4%
- Age
- 27.3 days
- Distance
- 361,300 km
- Apparent size
- 33.1′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 707
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Mar 14, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 330.65° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 150.58° |
| Illuminated fraction | 6.45% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 34.0° / 200.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 48m / -12.85° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 324.93° / 0.39° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.96° / 0.18° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -155.06° / -0.66° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 70.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.