The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, March 15, 2056
Waning Crescent
0.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 42°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:43 AM
7:10 PM
42°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.5%
- Age
- 29.1 days
- Distance
- 400,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 1647
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 | 353.08° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 172.06° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.48% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 37.8° / 153.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 25m / -7.94° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 348.89° / -3.86° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.16° / 5.81° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -169.80° / -1.33° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 33.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.