The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, March 15, 2025
Waning Gibbous
98.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 46°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:14 PM
8:13 AM
46°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.3%
- Age
- 15.6 days
- Distance
- 404,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1264
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 | 195.16° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 15.16° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.26% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -41.2° / 304.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 37m / -5.25° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 190.48° / -1.20° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.96° / 2.20° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -13.91° / -0.05° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 120.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.