The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, March 15, 1946
Waxing Gibbous
95.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 63°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:32 PM
6:01 AM
63°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 95.3%
- Age
- 12.0 days
- Distance
- 387,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.9′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 287
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 | 155.19° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 25.12° |
| Illuminated fraction | 95.27% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -33.6° / 13.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 14m / 15.79° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 149.71° / 4.50° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.17° / -5.25° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 29.55° / -1.57° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 299.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.