The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, March 15, 2024
Waxing Crescent
34.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 76°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
10:39 AM
1:18 AM
76°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 34.4%
- Age
- 5.3 days
- Distance
- 379,100 km
- Apparent size
- 31.5′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 1252
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 | 71.65° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 108.16° |
| Illuminated fraction | 34.41% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 12.4° / 67.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 19m / 25.58° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 67.21° / 4.12° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.89° / -4.64° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 115.54° / -0.55° |
| Position angle of the axis | 351.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 259.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.