The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, March 15, 2054
Waxing Crescent
35.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 67°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:27 AM
12:53 AM
67°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 35.0%
- Age
- 6.1 days
- Distance
- 379,400 km
- Apparent size
- 31.5′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 1623
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 3.6° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 15, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 72.33° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 107.45° |
| Illuminated fraction | 35.00% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 5.0° / 73.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 27m / 16.37° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 67.63° / -5.27° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.42° / 7.52° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 101.47° / -0.46° |
| Position angle of the axis | 351.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 263.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.