The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, March 15, 2042
Waning Crescent
42.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 21°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
3:42 AM
12:28 PM
21°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 42.9%
- Age
- 23.3 days
- Distance
- 383,200 km
- Apparent size
- 31.2′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1474
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 | 278.36° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 98.19° |
| Illuminated fraction | 42.88% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 3.4° / 227.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 16m / -28.17° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 273.56° / -4.78° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -8.68° / 6.87° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -106.18° / -0.85° |
| Position angle of the axis | 358.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 87.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.