The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, March 14, 2013
Waxing Crescent
8.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 63°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:58 AM
10:53 PM
63°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 8.7%
- Age
- 2.8 days
- Distance
- 393,200 km
- Apparent size
- 30.4′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1116
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 | 34.12° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 145.76° |
| Illuminated fraction | 8.67% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 32.9° / 102.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 43m / 12.50° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 28.36° / 1.73° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.83° / -1.58° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 150.21° / 1.26° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 247.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.