The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, March 15, 2018
Waning Crescent
3.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 37°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:55 AM
5:54 PM
37°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 3.7%
- Age
- 27.8 days
- Distance
- 395,500 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 1177
Events on this date
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Mercury at greatest elongation
18° from the Sun in the evening sky, its best showing after sunset.
Exact values
For Mar 15, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 337.98° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 157.86° |
| Illuminated fraction | 3.69% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 37.1° / 173.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 22m / -11.94° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 333.00° / -1.65° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.51° / 2.86° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -162.18° / -1.02° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 63.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.