The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, March 15, 2007
Waning Crescent
16.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 27°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
5:53 AM
3:36 PM
27°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 16.1%
- Age
- 26.0 days
- Distance
- 372,200 km
- Apparent size
- 32.1′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 1041
Events on this date
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 1.7° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 15, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 312.90° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 132.71° |
| Illuminated fraction | 16.09% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 25.1° / 199.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 44m / -21.56° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 307.60° / -3.30° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.24° / 5.04° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -139.68° / 0.22° |
| Position angle of the axis | 346.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 71.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.