The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, March 15, 1991
Waning Crescent
0.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 48°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:06 AM
6:16 PM
48°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.6%
- Age
- 29.0 days
- Distance
- 383,700 km
- Apparent size
- 31.1′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 843
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 | 352.17° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 171.23° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.58% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 47.8° / 177.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 05m / -1.61° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 346.78° / 3.91° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.69° / -4.50° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -177.55° / 1.30° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 89.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.