The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, March 15, 1973
Waxing Gibbous
87.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 62°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:24 PM
4:41 AM
62°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 87.9%
- Age
- 10.7 days
- Distance
- 376,500 km
- Apparent size
- 31.7′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 621
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 | 139.29° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 40.68° |
| Illuminated fraction | 87.92% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -29.9° / 32.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 04m / 14.13° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 134.28° / -2.53° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.23° / 3.97° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 44.35° / 1.47° |
| Position angle of the axis | 15.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 283.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.