The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, March 14, 2021
Waxing Crescent
1.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 49°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:40 AM
8:58 PM
49°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 1.7%
- Age
- 1.2 days
- Distance
- 399,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Lunation number
- 1215
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 | 14.06° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 165.19° |
| Illuminated fraction | 1.66% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 34.5° / 128.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 38m / -0.89° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 8.36° / -4.57° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.22° / 6.73° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 168.87° / -1.54° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 266.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.