The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, March 14, 2072
Waning Crescent
22.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 33°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:44 AM
3:07 PM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 22.5%
- Age
- 24.6 days
- Distance
- 404,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1845
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 | 303.62° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 123.39° |
| Illuminated fraction | 22.48% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 26.1° / 212.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 59m / -16.45° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 298.55° / 4.07° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.82° / -4.64° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -120.26° / -0.19° |
| Position angle of the axis | 347.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 80.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.