The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, March 15, 1939
Waning Crescent
24.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 33°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:30 AM
1:53 PM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 24.6%
- Age
- 24.4 days
- Distance
- 405,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 200
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 | 300.83° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 120.57° |
| Illuminated fraction | 24.57% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 17.2° / 229.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 44m / -16.23° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 295.06° / 4.97° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.53° / -5.90° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -118.49° / 1.12° |
| Position angle of the axis | 350.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 82.7° |
| 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.