The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, March 15, 2030
Waxing Gibbous
80.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 64°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
3:28 PM
5:01 AM
64°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 80.5%
- Age
- 11.4 days
- Distance
- 386,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.9′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 1326
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 | 127.58° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 52.38° |
| Illuminated fraction | 80.52% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -29.1° / 28.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 17m / 16.27° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 122.70° / -3.37° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.30° / 5.06° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 45.61° / 1.55° |
| Position angle of the axis | 11.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 279.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.