The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, March 15, 1988
Waning Crescent
8.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:30 AM
3:52 PM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 8.3%
- Age
- 27.0 days
- Distance
- 360,600 km
- Apparent size
- 33.1′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 806
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 | 326.75° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 146.57° |
| Illuminated fraction | 8.27% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 29.4° / 202.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 41m / -16.74° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 322.08° / -2.73° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.37° / 4.23° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -148.61° / 0.07° |
| Position angle of the axis | 342.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 65.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.