The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, March 15, 2038
Waxing Gibbous
65.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 72°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
1:38 PM
3:57 AM
72°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 65.4%
- Age
- 9.7 days
- Distance
- 384,100 km
- Apparent size
- 31.1′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 1425
Events on this date
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Venus at greatest elongation
47° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.
Exact values
For Mar 15, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 107.80° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 72.06° |
| Illuminated fraction | 65.40% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -14.5° / 43.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 56m / 22.44° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 102.97° / -0.36° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.22° / 1.16° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 64.21° / -1.42° |
| Position angle of the axis | 7.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 275.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.