The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, March 15, 2052
Full Moon
99.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 50°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:11 PM
7:40 AM
50°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.9%
- Age
- 14.3 days
- Distance
- 396,900 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1598
Events on this date
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Full Moon
The whole disc is lit. The Moon rises around sunset and stays up all night.
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Venus at greatest elongation
46° from the Sun in the evening sky, its best showing after sunset.
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 2.2° apart in the sky.
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Jupiter, Moon, and Uranus gathered
All within 3.6° of each other in the sky.
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Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 2.7° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 15, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 182.89° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 3.21° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.92% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -44.0° / 320.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 53m / -0.77° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 178.67° / -1.42° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.77° / 2.50° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 0.90° / 0.50° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 149.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.