The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, March 15, 1977
Waning Crescent
17.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 35°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:03 AM
2:47 PM
35°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 17.3%
- Age
- 25.6 days
- Distance
- 380,900 km
- Apparent size
- 31.4′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 670
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 | 311.19° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 130.88° |
| Illuminated fraction | 17.28% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 24.9° / 221.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 29m / -13.77° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 306.19° / 5.11° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.36° / -6.01° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -126.12° / 0.75° |
| Position angle of the axis | 345.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 80.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.