The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, March 15, 2006
Waning Gibbous
99.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 51°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:32 PM
7:02 AM
51°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.5%
- Age
- 15.7 days
- Distance
- 404,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1029
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 | 187.90° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 7.88° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.53% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -48.2° / 333.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 11m / -1.02° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 182.88° / 0.13° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.75° / 0.38° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -10.65° / -0.29° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 116.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.