The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, March 14, 2148
Waning Crescent
38.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
3:26 AM
1:27 PM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 38.4%
- Age
- 23.8 days
- Distance
- 379,200 km
- Apparent size
- 31.5′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 2785
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 2.7° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 14, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 283.56° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 103.39° |
| Illuminated fraction | 38.42% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 12.8° / 229.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 34m / -19.69° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 278.07° / 3.49° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -8.23° / -3.82° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -111.11° / -0.89° |
| Position angle of the axis | 355.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 87.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.