The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, March 15, 1929
Waxing Crescent
21.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
9:07 AM
11:48 PM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 21.9%
- Age
- 4.3 days
- Distance
- 371,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 77
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 | 55.75° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 124.13° |
| Illuminated fraction | 21.95% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 30.8° / 92.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 12m / 17.64° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 50.39° / -0.22° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.71° / 0.99° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 121.87° / -1.33° |
| Position angle of the axis | 346.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 255.4° |
| 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.