The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, March 15, 1992
Waxing Gibbous
87.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 61°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:19 PM
4:33 AM
61°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 87.1%
- Age
- 11.2 days
- Distance
- 363,200 km
- Apparent size
- 32.9′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 856
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 | 137.84° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 42.16° |
| Illuminated fraction | 87.07% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -29.4° / 34.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 59m / 13.96° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 133.21° / -3.02° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.00° / 4.58° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 40.55° / 1.50° |
| Position angle of the axis | 15.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 282.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.