The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, March 16, 2015
Waning Crescent
19.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 34°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:52 AM
3:32 PM
34°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 19.6%
- Age
- 25.7 days
- Distance
- 366,200 km
- Apparent size
- 32.6′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 1140
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Mar 16, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 307.73° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 127.46° |
| Illuminated fraction | 19.59% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 29.3° / 209.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 18m / -14.66° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 303.48° / 4.85° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.08° / -5.56° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -133.23° / 0.39° |
| Position angle of the axis | 346.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 80.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.