The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, March 15, 1958
Waning Crescent
19.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 35°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:54 AM
2:31 PM
35°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 19.3%
- Age
- 25.1 days
- Distance
- 397,800 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 435
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 | 308.23° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 127.93° |
| Illuminated fraction | 19.27% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 22.8° / 223.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 16m / -14.48° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 302.85° / 5.18° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.19° / -6.15° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -122.31° / 0.95° |
| Position angle of the axis | 347.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 80.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.