The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, March 15, 2021
Waxing Crescent
4.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 55°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:03 AM
9:57 PM
55°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 4.9%
- Age
- 2.2 days
- Distance
- 402,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1215
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 | 25.23° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 154.41° |
| Illuminated fraction | 4.91% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 31.9° / 114.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 22m / 4.27° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 20.52° / -4.04° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.34° / 6.02° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 156.66° / -1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 258.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.