The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, March 14, 1993
Last Quarter
55.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 27°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
1:11 AM
10:47 AM
27°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 55.0%
- Age
- 21.2 days
- Distance
- 385,000 km
- Apparent size
- 31.0′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 868
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For Mar 14, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 264.40° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 84.25° |
| Illuminated fraction | 55.01% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -12.4° / 250.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 10m / -22.73° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 258.53° / 0.22° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.94° / 0.35° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -76.65° / 1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 6.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 95.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.