The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, March 15, 1983
Waxing Crescent
1.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 47°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:33 AM
7:41 PM
47°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 1.2%
- Age
- 1.0 days
- Distance
- 393,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.4′
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Lunation number
- 745
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 | 11.25° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 167.68° |
| Illuminated fraction | 1.15% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 42.3° / 148.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 29m / -2.26° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 5.80° / -4.97° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.91° / 7.21° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 163.78° / -1.54° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 273.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.