The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, March 15, 1987
Full Moon
100.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 55°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:00 PM
6:54 AM
55°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 100.0%
- Age
- 15.7 days
- Distance
- 388,200 km
- Apparent size
- 30.8′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 794
Events on this date
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Full Moon
The whole disc is lit. The Moon rises around sunset and stays up all night.
Exact values
For Mar 15, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 181.87° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 2.31° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.96% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -46.2° / 341.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 49m / 2.66° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 176.46° / 1.37° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.86° / -1.19° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -6.86° / -0.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 93.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.