The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, March 14, 2178
Waning Crescent
19.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
5:10 AM
3:19 PM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 19.8%
- Age
- 24.9 days
- Distance
- 405,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 3156
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 | 307.25° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 127.10° |
| Illuminated fraction | 19.84% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 26.4° / 208.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 13m / -17.95° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 301.49° / 1.90° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.46° / -1.85° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -125.18° / 1.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 348.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 78.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.