The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, March 14, 1986
Waxing Crescent
15.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 66°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
8:37 AM
10:56 PM
66°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 15.8%
- Age
- 4.1 days
- Distance
- 402,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 782
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 | 46.68° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 133.20° |
| Illuminated fraction | 15.77% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 37.0° / 101.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 31m / 15.85° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 40.51° / 0.92° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.02° / -0.57° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 134.84° / -0.96° |
| Position angle of the axis | 343.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 251.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.