The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, March 15, 1956
Waxing Crescent
11.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 66°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
8:00 AM
10:21 PM
66°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 11.0%
- Age
- 3.1 days
- Distance
- 378,900 km
- Apparent size
- 31.5′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 411
Events on this date
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Moon and Venus close together
They pass 1.1° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 15, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 38.55° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 141.26° |
| Illuminated fraction | 11.00% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 43.3° / 108.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 01m / 15.62° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 33.65° / 3.07° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.24° / -3.42° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 136.72° / 1.49° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 247.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.