The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, March 15, 2057
Waxing Gibbous
71.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 72°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
2:08 PM
4:33 AM
72°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 71.1%
- Age
- 10.2 days
- Distance
- 397,800 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 1660
Events on this date
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 1.8° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 15, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 114.88° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 64.99° |
| Illuminated fraction | 71.14% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -18.0° / 37.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 29m / 22.84° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 110.44° / 0.98° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.03° / -0.62° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 60.41° / -1.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 10.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 279.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.