The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, March 15, 1981
Waxing Gibbous
77.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 69°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
1:53 PM
3:50 AM
69°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 77.1%
- Age
- 9.3 days
- Distance
- 384,500 km
- Apparent size
- 31.1′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 720
Events on this date
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Mercury at greatest elongation
28° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.
Exact values
For Mar 15, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 122.77° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 57.12° |
| Illuminated fraction | 77.15% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -17.3° / 44.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 59m / 19.52° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 117.80° / -1.11° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.55° / 1.96° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 62.94° / -1.13° |
| Position angle of the axis | 13.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 280.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.