The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, March 15, 1948
Waxing Crescent
21.6% 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
9:03 AM
11:46 PM
69°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 21.6%
- Age
- 4.8 days
- Distance
- 386,800 km
- Apparent size
- 30.9′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 312
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 | 55.33° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 124.55° |
| Illuminated fraction | 21.65% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 31.7° / 92.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 11m / 18.30° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 50.37° / 0.47° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.99° / 0.08° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 118.06° / -1.23° |
| Position angle of the axis | 346.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 254.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.