The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, March 14, 2002
Waxing Crescent
0.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 45°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:24 AM
7:16 PM
45°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.5%
- Age
- 0.6 days
- Distance
- 406,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 980
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 | 6.77° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 171.61° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.54% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 42.0° / 154.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 10m / -4.24° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 0.71° / -4.93° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.06° / 7.16° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 172.17° / -1.57° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 286.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.