The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, March 15, 2010
New Moon
0.2% 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
7:17 AM
7:47 PM
51°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.2%
- Age
- 29.5 days
- Distance
- 402,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1078
Events on this date
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New Moon
The Moon passes between Earth and the Sun and cannot be seen. These are the darkest nights of the month.
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Mercury and Uranus close together
They pass 0.7° apart in the sky.
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Mercury, Moon, and Uranus gathered
All within 6.0° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 15, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 357.66° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 174.89° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.20% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 46.1° / 148.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 26m / 1.23° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 352.63° / 4.53° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.22° / -5.31° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 179.15° / 1.43° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 126.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.