The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, March 14, 2159
Waning Crescent
26.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 28°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
4:43 AM
2:27 PM
28°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 26.6%
- Age
- 24.4 days
- Distance
- 400,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 2921
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 0.2° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 14, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 298.06° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 117.92° |
| Illuminated fraction | 26.59% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 19.6° / 215.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 34m / -21.20° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 291.91° / 0.44° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.95° / 0.11° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -121.37° / 1.43° |
| Position angle of the axis | 352.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 80.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.