The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, March 15, 1989
Waxing Gibbous
63.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 76°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
12:04 PM
3:10 AM
76°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 63.4%
- Age
- 7.9 days
- Distance
- 389,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.7′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 819
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 | 105.44° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 74.46° |
| Illuminated fraction | 63.39% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -0.9° / 52.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 47m / 27.29° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 100.53° / 4.28° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.92° / -4.87° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 81.56° / 0.56° |
| Position angle of the axis | 4.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 276.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.