The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, March 15, 1942
Waning Crescent
2.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 41°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:01 AM
6:29 PM
41°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 2.0%
- Age
- 28.2 days
- Distance
- 382,000 km
- Apparent size
- 31.3′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 237
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 | 343.85° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 163.80° |
| Illuminated fraction | 1.99% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 40.4° / 166.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 39m / -8.02° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 338.29° / 0.48° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.51° / 0.14° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -159.15° / -0.34° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 67.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.