The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, March 15, 2040
Waxing Crescent
8.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 58°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:16 AM
10:40 PM
58°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 8.0%
- Age
- 2.6 days
- Distance
- 385,800 km
- Apparent size
- 31.0′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1450
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 1.2° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 15, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 32.57° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 147.21° |
| Illuminated fraction | 7.97% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 29.7° / 106.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 49m / 7.94° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 28.26° / -3.11° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.98° / 4.79° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 152.86° / -1.45° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 255.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.