The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, March 14, 2024
Waxing Crescent
24.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 73°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
10:01 AM
12:03 AM
73°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 24.3%
- Age
- 4.3 days
- Distance
- 373,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 1252
Events on this date
-
Jupiter, Moon, and Uranus gathered
All within 6.3° of each other in the sky.
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 3.2° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 14, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 58.95° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 120.87° |
| Illuminated fraction | 24.34% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 20.0° / 78.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 21m / 21.78° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 53.52° / 3.23° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.33° / -3.46° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 127.73° / -0.57° |
| Position angle of the axis | 346.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 254.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.