The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, March 15, 2039
Waning Gibbous
69.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
12:32 AM
10:52 AM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 69.7%
- Age
- 20.5 days
- Distance
- 367,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.5′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 1437
Events on this date
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Venus and Neptune close together
They pass 1.8° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 15, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 246.92° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 66.81° |
| Illuminated fraction | 69.69% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -12.1° / 255.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 01m / -18.45° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 241.85° / 2.12° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.07° / -2.03° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -65.15° / -1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 10.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 101.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.