The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, March 15, 2008
Waxing Gibbous
63.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 76°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
1:12 PM
4:10 AM
76°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 63.7%
- Age
- 7.9 days
- Distance
- 374,900 km
- Apparent size
- 31.9′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 1054
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 | 105.75° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 74.14° |
| Illuminated fraction | 63.66% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -10.1° / 42.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 50m / 26.74° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 101.21° / 3.78° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.87° / -4.11° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 78.27° / 0.74° |
| Position angle of the axis | 4.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 276.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.