The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, March 15, 1995
Waxing Gibbous
97.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 52°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:29 PM
5:36 AM
52°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 97.6%
- Age
- 14.2 days
- Distance
- 379,400 km
- Apparent size
- 31.5′
- Constellation
- Sextans
- Lunation number
- 893
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 | 162.71° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 17.79° |
| Illuminated fraction | 97.61% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -45.2° / 10.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 30m / 4.70° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 157.36° / -4.42° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.11° / 6.36° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 11.74° / 1.09° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 275.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.