The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, March 14, 2173
Waxing Crescent
0.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 51°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:12 AM
8:45 PM
51°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.7%
- Age
- 0.7 days
- Distance
- 372,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.1′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 3095
Events on this date
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Venus and Saturn close together
They pass 0.8° apart in the sky.
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Moon, Saturn, and Venus gathered
All within 1.1° of each other in the sky.
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 1.1° apart in the sky.
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Moon and Venus close together
They pass 0.3° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 14, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 9.85° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 170.09° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.75% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 39.1° / 132.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 17m / 0.90° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 4.30° / -0.88° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.07° / 1.88° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 175.00° / -0.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 255.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.