The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, March 15, 2015
Waning Crescent
29.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:04 AM
2:26 PM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 29.5%
- Age
- 24.7 days
- Distance
- 371,400 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1140
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 | 294.42° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 114.18° |
| Illuminated fraction | 29.52% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 21.2° / 221.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 20m / -16.90° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 289.17° / 5.21° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.32° / -6.02° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -121.04° / 0.42° |
| Position angle of the axis | 352.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 84.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.