The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, March 15, 1902
Waxing Crescent
36.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 69°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
10:20 AM
12:05 AM
69°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 36.3%
- Age
- 5.6 days
- Distance
- 369,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- -257
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 | 73.98° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 105.86° |
| Illuminated fraction | 36.33% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 16.7° / 79.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 28m / 18.88° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 68.18° / -2.84° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.73° / 4.32° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 107.04° / 1.03° |
| Position angle of the axis | 350.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 262.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.