The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, March 15, 2009
Waning Gibbous
78.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 27°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
9:40 AM
27°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 78.1%
- Age
- 18.6 days
- Distance
- 395,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 1066
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 | 235.85° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 55.87° |
| Illuminated fraction | 78.06% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -24.6° / 259.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 09m / -22.85° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 231.05° / -5.01° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.14° / 7.18° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -51.11° / 1.19° |
| Position angle of the axis | 16.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 109.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.