The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, March 15, 1940
Waxing Crescent
35.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:21 AM
12:01 AM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 35.5%
- Age
- 6.6 days
- Distance
- 391,400 km
- Apparent size
- 30.5′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 213
Events on this date
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Mercury at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Mar 15, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 72.93° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 106.89° |
| Illuminated fraction | 35.48% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 16.7° / 81.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 27m / 17.79° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 67.91° / -3.89° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.99° / 5.65° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 99.41° / 0.72° |
| Position angle of the axis | 350.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 262.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.