The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, March 15, 2048
Waxing Crescent
1.4% 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
7:48 AM
9:07 PM
58°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 1.4%
- Age
- 1.1 days
- Distance
- 393,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.4′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1549
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 | 12.57° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 166.46° |
| Illuminated fraction | 1.39% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 44.8° / 126.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 23m / 7.87° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 8.32° / 4.98° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.32° / -5.90° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 171.53° / 1.54° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 228.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.