The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, March 15, 1952
Waning Gibbous
84.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
11:14 PM
8:13 AM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 84.1%
- Age
- 19.3 days
- Distance
- 383,000 km
- Apparent size
- 31.2′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 361
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 | 226.85° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 46.95° |
| Illuminated fraction | 84.13% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -41.5° / 277.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 31m / -20.14° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 221.92° / -4.97° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.13° / 6.99° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -52.42° / 0.66° |
| Position angle of the axis | 18.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 113.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.