The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, March 14, 2053
Waning Crescent
29.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
4:07 AM
2:24 PM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 29.5%
- Age
- 24.0 days
- Distance
- 402,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1610
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 | 294.39° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 114.15° |
| Illuminated fraction | 29.54% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 20.9° / 221.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 19m / -17.27° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 288.92° / 4.87° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.68° / -5.68° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -116.44° / 0.04° |
| Position angle of the axis | 351.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 84.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.