The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, March 14, 2048
New Moon
0.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 53°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:22 AM
8:05 PM
53°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.2%
- Age
- 0.1 days
- Distance
- 389,600 km
- Apparent size
- 30.7′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1549
Events on this date
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New Moon
The Moon passes between Earth and the Sun and cannot be seen. These are the darkest nights of the month.
Exact values
For Mar 14, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 0.76° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 174.97° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.19% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 46.3° / 143.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 36m / 2.77° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 355.52° / 4.96° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.54° / -5.86° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -176.26° / 1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 167.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.