The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, March 15, 1920
Waning Crescent
23.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 33°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:37 AM
2:02 PM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 23.2%
- Age
- 24.8 days
- Distance
- 397,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- -35
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 | 302.62° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 122.36° |
| Illuminated fraction | 23.24% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 18.5° / 227.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 54m / -15.95° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 297.45° / 4.82° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.08° / -5.68° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -126.88° / 1.25° |
| Position angle of the axis | 349.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 81.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.