The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, March 15, 2001
Waning Gibbous
61.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
12:24 AM
10:29 AM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 61.5%
- Age
- 20.4 days
- Distance
- 392,400 km
- Apparent size
- 30.4′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 967
Events on this date
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 1.8° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 15, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 256.87° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 76.74° |
| Illuminated fraction | 61.47% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -16.2° / 257.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 44m / -19.69° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 252.05° / 2.57° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.94° / -2.70° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -70.22° / -1.50° |
| Position angle of the axis | 6.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 97.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.