The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, March 15, 1990
Waning Gibbous
83.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
11:13 PM
8:14 AM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 83.8%
- Age
- 18.3 days
- Distance
- 405,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 831
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 | 227.37° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 47.47° |
| Illuminated fraction | 83.80% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -41.3° / 277.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 32m / -20.40° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 222.23° / -5.15° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.96° / 7.27° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -47.82° / 1.04° |
| Position angle of the axis | 18.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 113.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.