The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, March 15, 1928
Waning Crescent
39.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 24°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
2:43 AM
11:56 AM
24°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 39.7%
- Age
- 23.3 days
- Distance
- 394,400 km
- Apparent size
- 30.3′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 64
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 | 282.02° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 101.86° |
| Illuminated fraction | 39.72% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -0.8° / 236.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 31m / -25.32° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 276.90° / -2.05° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.14° / 3.24° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -108.25° / -1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 355.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 86.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.