The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, March 15, 1968
Waning Gibbous
98.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 50°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:00 PM
7:15 AM
50°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.8%
- Age
- 16.4 days
- Distance
- 364,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.8′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 559
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 | 192.47° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 12.48° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.82% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -47.5° / 326.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 30m / -2.11° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 187.66° / 1.01° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.77° / -0.69° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -15.21° / -0.66° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 111.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.