The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, March 15, 1900
Waxing Gibbous
99.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:22 PM
6:02 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.5%
- Age
- 14.2 days
- Distance
- 406,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- -282
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Mar 15, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 173.09° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 8.49° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.45% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -50.0° / 356.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 07m / 0.24° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 167.77° / -4.99° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.28° / 7.10° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 6.40° / 1.57° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 253.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.