The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, March 15, 1996
Waning Crescent
18.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 35°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:58 AM
2:41 PM
35°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 18.1%
- Age
- 25.7 days
- Distance
- 366,400 km
- Apparent size
- 32.6′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 905
Events on this date
-
Moon, Neptune, and Uranus gathered
All within 6.3° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 15, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 309.89° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 129.60° |
| Illuminated fraction | 18.13% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 23.9° / 222.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 26m / -14.11° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 305.29° / 4.98° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.77° / -5.80° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -129.93° / 0.57° |
| Position angle of the axis | 346.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 80.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.