The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, March 15, 1969
Waning Crescent
7.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:37 AM
3:57 PM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 7.7%
- Age
- 27.0 days
- Distance
- 371,900 km
- Apparent size
- 32.1′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 571
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 | 328.00° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 147.78° |
| Illuminated fraction | 7.70% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 29.7° / 200.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 46m / -16.90° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 322.95° / -3.20° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.73° / 4.82° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -144.79° / -0.12° |
| Position angle of the axis | 341.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 64.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.