The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, March 15, 1961
Waning Crescent
1.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 41°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:05 AM
5:34 PM
41°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 1.6%
- Age
- 28.4 days
- Distance
- 363,200 km
- Apparent size
- 32.9′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 472
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 | 345.30° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 165.26° |
| Illuminated fraction | 1.65% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 41.1° / 184.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 47m / -8.09° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 340.18° / -0.37° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.44° / 1.19° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -163.48° / -0.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 63.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.