The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, March 15, 1927
Waxing Gibbous
93.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 65°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
4:05 PM
5:45 AM
65°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 93.3%
- Age
- 11.9 days
- Distance
- 403,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 52
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 3.4° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 15, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 150.20° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 29.95° |
| Illuminated fraction | 93.32% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -31.3° / 18.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 52m / 17.07° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 144.32° / 3.87° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.99° / -4.49° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 33.34° / -1.57° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 295.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.