The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, March 15, 1926
Waxing Crescent
3.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 52°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:58 AM
8:38 PM
52°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 3.8%
- Age
- 1.6 days
- Distance
- 365,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.7′
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Lunation number
- 40
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 | 21.75° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 157.65° |
| Illuminated fraction | 3.76% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 41.1° / 134.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 07m / 1.69° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 16.12° / -5.03° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.93° / 7.29° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 162.99° / -1.34° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 261.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.