The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, March 14, 1997
Waxing Crescent
37.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 67°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:33 AM
12:04 AM
67°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 37.0%
- Age
- 5.7 days
- Distance
- 386,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.9′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 918
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 | 74.72° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 105.08° |
| Illuminated fraction | 36.99% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 14.7° / 80.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 32m / 16.85° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 68.88° / -4.98° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.82° / 7.11° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 112.37° / 0.12° |
| Position angle of the axis | 351.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 263.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.