The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, March 14, 2059
Waxing Crescent
0.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 48°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:27 AM
8:39 PM
48°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.8%
- Age
- 0.7 days
- Distance
- 359,600 km
- Apparent size
- 33.2′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1685
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 | 9.38° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 169.72° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.80% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 35.8° / 133.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 19m / -2.43° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 3.47° / -4.15° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.11° / 6.21° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 173.47° / -1.37° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 273.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.