The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, March 15, 2044
Waning Gibbous
96.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 42°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:57 PM
8:23 AM
42°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 96.2%
- Age
- 15.8 days
- Distance
- 389,200 km
- Apparent size
- 30.7′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1499
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 | 202.37° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 22.44° |
| Illuminated fraction | 96.21% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -40.2° / 295.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 03m / -9.38° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 198.09° / -2.47° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.27° / 3.88° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -17.70° / 0.19° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 120.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.