The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, March 15, 1933
Waning Gibbous
83.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
11:21 PM
8:16 AM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 83.6%
- Age
- 19.2 days
- Distance
- 367,200 km
- Apparent size
- 32.5′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 126
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 367,200 km.
Exact values
For Mar 15, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 227.70° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 47.77° |
| Illuminated fraction | 83.60% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -40.8° / 277.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 34m / -20.07° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 222.37° / -4.75° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.51° / 6.72° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -48.60° / 0.46° |
| Position angle of the axis | 17.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 113.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.