The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, March 14, 2004
Waning Crescent
40.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 22°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
2:45 AM
11:40 AM
22°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 40.7%
- Age
- 23.3 days
- Distance
- 371,200 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1004
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 | 280.91° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 100.74° |
| Illuminated fraction | 40.68% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -3.1° / 235.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 24m / -27.44° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 275.37° / -4.11° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.86° / 5.94° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -99.08° / -1.14° |
| Position angle of the axis | 356.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 87.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.