The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, March 15, 1943
Waxing Gibbous
67.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 69°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
1:59 PM
3:56 AM
69°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 67.4%
- Age
- 9.2 days
- Distance
- 404,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 250
Events on this date
-
Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 3.7° apart in the sky.
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 404,800 km.
Exact values
For Mar 15, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 110.20° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 69.69° |
| Illuminated fraction | 67.35% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -18.2° / 43.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 01m / 19.29° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 104.40° / -3.39° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.02° / 5.02° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 71.02° / -0.78° |
| Position angle of the axis | 7.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 274.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.