The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, March 15, 1945
Waxing Crescent
3.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 52°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:58 AM
9:41 PM
52°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 3.7%
- Age
- 1.5 days
- Distance
- 358,400 km
- Apparent size
- 33.3′
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Lunation number
- 275
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 | 21.48° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 157.92° |
| Illuminated fraction | 3.67% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 32.0° / 119.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 07m / 1.72° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 16.19° / -5.04° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.52° / 7.36° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 159.69° / -1.41° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 261.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.