The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, March 14, 2026
Waning Crescent
20.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 26°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
5:32 AM
2:59 PM
26°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 20.5%
- Age
- 25.2 days
- Distance
- 394,100 km
- Apparent size
- 30.3′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 1276
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 | 306.32° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 126.13° |
| Illuminated fraction | 20.52% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 21.5° / 205.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 13m / -23.27° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 300.40° / -3.29° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.48° / 5.00° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -131.30° / 0.40° |
| Position angle of the axis | 348.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 74.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.