The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, March 15, 1999
Waning Crescent
5.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 36°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:34 AM
4:26 PM
36°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 5.6%
- Age
- 27.4 days
- Distance
- 375,900 km
- Apparent size
- 31.8′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 942
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 | 332.75° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 152.68° |
| Illuminated fraction | 5.58% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 34.6° / 198.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 59m / -12.84° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 327.42° / -0.50° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.66° / 1.31° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -158.87° / -0.84° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 67.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.