The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, March 15, 1970
Waxing Gibbous
58.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 78°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
11:30 AM
2:46 AM
78°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 58.1%
- Age
- 8.0 days
- Distance
- 401,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 584
Events on this date
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Mars and Saturn close together
They pass 2.5° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 15, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 99.17° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 80.71° |
| Illuminated fraction | 58.07% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 3.8° / 56.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 18m / 28.28° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 93.88° / 4.90° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.41° / -5.73° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 85.34° / 0.35° |
| Position angle of the axis | 1.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 272.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.