The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, March 14, 1983
New Moon
0.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 42°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:07 AM
6:39 PM
42°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.2%
- Age
- 29.7 days
- Distance
- 396,200 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 744
Events on this date
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New Moon
The Moon passes between Earth and the Sun and cannot be seen. These are the darkest nights of the month.
Exact values
For Mar 14, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 359.65° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 175.01° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.19% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 40.8° / 164.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 43m / -7.25° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 353.20° / -4.96° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.51° / 7.20° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 175.99° / -1.54° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 341.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.