The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, March 15, 1915
New Moon
0.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 49°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:31 AM
6:46 PM
49°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.1%
- Age
- 29.5 days
- Distance
- 393,500 km
- Apparent size
- 30.4′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- -97
Events on this date
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New Moon
The Moon passes between Earth and the Sun and cannot be seen. These are the darkest nights of the month.
Exact values
For Mar 15, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 358.69° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 177.33° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.05% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 48.0° / 167.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 30m / -0.76° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 352.74° / 2.32° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.99° / -2.46° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -174.52° / 0.77° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 116.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.