The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, March 15, 1901
Waning Crescent
28.6% 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
3:13 AM
1:25 PM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 28.6%
- Age
- 24.6 days
- Distance
- 382,400 km
- Apparent size
- 31.2′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- -270
Events on this date
-
Jupiter, Moon, and Saturn gathered
All within 5.2° of each other in the sky.
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 3.4° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 15, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 295.51° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 115.31° |
| Illuminated fraction | 28.63% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 12.8° / 232.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 24m / -17.81° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 289.95° / 4.20° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -8.46° / -4.79° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -123.08° / 1.35° |
| Position angle of the axis | 353.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 83.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.