The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, March 15, 1975
Waxing Crescent
6.6% 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
8:39 AM
10:31 PM
62°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 6.6%
- Age
- 2.7 days
- Distance
- 400,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 646
Events on this date
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Moon and Venus close together
They pass 3.4° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 15, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 29.51° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 150.25° |
| Illuminated fraction | 6.59% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 36.5° / 106.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 24m / 12.27° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 23.97° / 3.19° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.39° / -3.58° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 145.62° / 1.47° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 243.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.