The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, March 15, 1984
Waxing Gibbous
95.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 63°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:37 PM
6:01 AM
63°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 95.3%
- Age
- 12.9 days
- Distance
- 358,500 km
- Apparent size
- 33.3′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 757
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 | 155.46° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 24.94° |
| Illuminated fraction | 95.34% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -33.7° / 12.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 19m / 15.83° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 150.77° / 4.96° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.10° / -5.73° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 21.96° / -1.48° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 300.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.