The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, March 15, 1934
New Moon
0.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 51°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:35 AM
7:11 PM
51°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.1%
- Age
- 0.2 days
- Distance
- 372,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.1′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 139
Events on this date
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New Moon
The Moon passes between Earth and the Sun and cannot be seen. These are the darkest nights of the month.
-
Moon and Mars close together
They pass 4.2° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 15, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 2.65° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 175.83° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.13% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 49.8° / 161.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 44m / 1.78° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 357.08° / 3.21° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.15° / -3.58° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -178.34° / 0.93° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 201.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.