The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, March 14, 2005
Waxing Crescent
21.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 70°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
8:53 AM
11:47 PM
70°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 21.3%
- Age
- 4.3 days
- Distance
- 388,500 km
- Apparent size
- 30.7′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 1017
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 | 54.84° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 125.01° |
| Illuminated fraction | 21.32% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 33.3° / 92.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 04m / 19.70° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 49.06° / 2.30° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.43° / -2.37° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 131.03° / -0.76° |
| Position angle of the axis | 345.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 253.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.