The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, March 15, 2012
Waning Crescent
43.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 28°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
3:09 AM
12:56 PM
28°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 43.4%
- Age
- 22.7 days
- Distance
- 376,800 km
- Apparent size
- 31.7′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1103
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 | 277.71° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 97.56° |
| Illuminated fraction | 43.42% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 8.0° / 232.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 14m / -21.25° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 273.18° / 2.14° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.75° / -2.06° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -92.13° / 1.45° |
| Position angle of the axis | 0.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 89.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.