The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, March 15, 2020
Waning Gibbous
58.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 29°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
1:48 AM
11:42 AM
29°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 58.0%
- Age
- 21.0 days
- Distance
- 378,400 km
- Apparent size
- 31.6′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 1202
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 | 260.98° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 80.84° |
| Illuminated fraction | 57.96% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -3.2° / 244.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 02m / -21.19° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 256.51° / 1.57° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.72° / -1.31° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -73.50° / -1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 4.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 95.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.