The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, March 15, 1910
Waxing Crescent
23.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
9:18 AM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 23.7%
- Age
- 4.2 days
- Distance
- 366,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.6′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- -158
Events on this date
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Venus at its brightest
Shines at magnitude -4.8, as bright as it gets this time around.
Exact values
For Mar 15, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 58.19° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 121.68° |
| Illuminated fraction | 23.74% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 28.8° / 91.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 21m / 17.70° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 52.44° / -0.72° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.58° / 1.62° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 125.67° / -1.40° |
| Position angle of the axis | 347.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 256.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.