The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, March 15, 1905
Waxing Gibbous
63.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
12:42 PM
2:30 AM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 63.9%
- Age
- 9.5 days
- Distance
- 381,600 km
- Apparent size
- 31.3′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- -220
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 3.8° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 15, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 106.06° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 73.85° |
| Illuminated fraction | 63.91% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -7.2° / 58.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 44m / 18.53° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 100.52° / -4.52° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.04° / 6.46° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 65.95° / -0.38° |
| Position angle of the axis | 5.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 273.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.