The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, March 15, 2004
Waning Crescent
29.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 22°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
3:47 AM
12:45 PM
22°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 29.9%
- Age
- 24.3 days
- Distance
- 372,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.1′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1004
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 | 293.97° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 113.75° |
| Illuminated fraction | 29.86% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 5.8° / 226.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 27m / -26.72° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 289.42° / -4.73° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.77° / 6.78° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -111.27° / -1.12° |
| Position angle of the axis | 351.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 79.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.