The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, March 15, 2023
Waning Crescent
43.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 21°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
3:34 AM
12:25 PM
21°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 43.6%
- Age
- 23.4 days
- Distance
- 371,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.1′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1239
Events on this date
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Neptune behind the Sun
On the far side of the Sun and lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Mar 15, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 277.48° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 97.31° |
| Illuminated fraction | 43.64% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 3.0° / 228.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 10m / -27.79° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 272.28° / -4.37° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.80° / 6.34° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -102.39° / -1.00° |
| Position angle of the axis | 358.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 88.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.