The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, March 15, 2047
Waning Gibbous
81.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
9:25 AM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 81.7%
- Age
- 18.9 days
- Distance
- 363,900 km
- Apparent size
- 32.8′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 1536
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 | 230.56° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 50.60° |
| Illuminated fraction | 81.73% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -27.7° / 264.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 47m / -20.97° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 225.55° / -4.69° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.45° / 6.78° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -46.54° / 1.36° |
| Position angle of the axis | 18.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 112.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.