The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, March 15, 1904
Waning Crescent
2.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 42°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:52 AM
5:24 PM
42°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 2.1%
- Age
- 28.2 days
- Distance
- 405,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- -233
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 | 343.32° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 163.19° |
| Illuminated fraction | 2.14% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 42.2° / 187.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 36m / -6.92° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 338.03° / 1.77° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.23° / -1.73° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -164.23° / 0.09° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 72.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.