The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, March 15, 2029
New Moon
0.4% 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
7:32 AM
8:27 PM
55°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.4%
- Age
- 0.5 days
- Distance
- 406,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1314
Events on this date
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New Moon
The Moon passes between Earth and the Sun and cannot be seen. These are the darkest nights of the month.
Exact values
For Mar 15, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 5.31° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 172.74° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.40% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 46.1° / 136.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 55m / 4.78° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 0.67° / 4.93° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.74° / -5.87° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 175.34° / 1.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 208.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.