The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, March 15, 1959
Waxing Crescent
32.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 67°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
10:08 AM
67°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 32.1%
- Age
- 6.3 days
- Distance
- 404,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 448
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 | 68.83° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 110.97° |
| Illuminated fraction | 32.11% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 19.4° / 84.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 08m / 16.82° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 63.20° / -4.05° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.74° / 5.87° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 107.80° / 0.54° |
| Position angle of the axis | 348.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 261.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.