The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, March 15, 1993
Waning Crescent
44.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 27°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
2:05 AM
11:43 AM
27°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 44.7%
- Age
- 22.2 days
- Distance
- 390,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.6′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 868
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 | 276.21° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 96.06° |
| Illuminated fraction | 44.72% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -2.8° / 243.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 06m / -22.10° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 271.34° / 1.33° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.51° / -1.12° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -88.83° / 1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 1.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 89.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.