The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, March 15, 2049
Waxing Gibbous
85.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 61°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:11 PM
5:23 AM
61°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 85.7%
- Age
- 11.7 days
- Distance
- 401,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 1561
Events on this date
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Venus at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Mar 15, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 135.57° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 44.48° |
| Illuminated fraction | 85.67% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -34.4° / 21.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 49m / 13.33° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 131.08° / -4.27° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.17° / 6.23° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 41.83° / 1.54° |
| Position angle of the axis | 14.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 280.6° |
| 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.