The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, March 15, 1965
Waxing Gibbous
95.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 63°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:40 PM
6:04 AM
63°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 95.7%
- Age
- 12.3 days
- Distance
- 367,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.5′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 522
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 | 156.35° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 24.05° |
| Illuminated fraction | 95.66% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -34.2° / 11.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 20m / 15.52° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 151.26° / 4.80° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.55° / -5.57° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 25.76° / -1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 300.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.