The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, March 15, 1903
Waning Gibbous
94.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 43°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:17 PM
7:51 AM
43°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 94.1%
- Age
- 16.3 days
- Distance
- 381,100 km
- Apparent size
- 31.3′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- -245
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 | 208.08° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 28.02° |
| Illuminated fraction | 94.14% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -44.8° / 304.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 22m / -8.07° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 202.03° / 0.56° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.42° / -0.07° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -22.39° / 0.57° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 112.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.