The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, March 15, 2031
Waning Gibbous
57.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 28°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
1:56 AM
11:45 AM
28°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 57.0%
- Age
- 22.0 days
- Distance
- 370,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 1338
Events on this date
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Mercury and Neptune close together
They pass 3.0° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 15, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 262.04° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 81.90° |
| Illuminated fraction | 57.04% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -2.6° / 243.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 04m / -21.35° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 256.92° / 1.45° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.53° / -1.09° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -83.74° / 1.39° |
| Position angle of the axis | 7.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 95.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.