The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, March 15, 1971
Waning Gibbous
88.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 34°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:28 PM
7:54 AM
34°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 88.6%
- Age
- 18.3 days
- Distance
- 402,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 596
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 | 219.29° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 39.45° |
| Illuminated fraction | 88.61% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -45.4° / 286.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 59m / -17.38° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 213.76° / -4.91° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.20° / 6.93° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -44.03° / 0.84° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 117.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.