The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, March 15, 1949
Waning Gibbous
98.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 51°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:02 PM
7:20 AM
51°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.7%
- Age
- 15.8 days
- Distance
- 357,400 km
- Apparent size
- 33.4′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 324
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 0.6° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 15, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 193.04° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 13.11° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.70% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -46.8° / 325.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 31m / -1.62° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 187.83° / 1.62° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.60° / -1.43° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -11.41° / -0.82° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 109.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.