The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, March 14, 2179
Waxing Crescent
31.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 72°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
10:40 AM
72°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 31.4%
- Age
- 6.2 days
- Distance
- 395,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 3169
Events on this date
-
Mars and Jupiter close together
They pass 2.0° apart in the sky.
-
Jupiter, Mars, and Moon gathered
All within 2.0° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 14, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 67.96° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 111.89° |
| Illuminated fraction | 31.36% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 12.8° / 72.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 58m / 21.94° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 61.96° / 1.43° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.35° / -1.22° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 104.94° / 1.54° |
| Position angle of the axis | 347.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 258.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.