The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, March 14, 2015
Waning Crescent
40.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
3:11 AM
1:25 PM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 40.2%
- Age
- 23.7 days
- Distance
- 377,100 km
- Apparent size
- 31.7′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1140
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 | 281.53° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 101.34° |
| Illuminated fraction | 40.17% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 12.7° / 231.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 22m / -18.07° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 275.29° / 5.26° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -8.10° / -6.07° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -108.84° / 0.45° |
| Position angle of the axis | 358.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 88.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.