The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, March 15, 2060
Waxing Gibbous
97.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 64°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:21 PM
7:23 AM
64°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 97.9%
- Age
- 13.0 days
- Distance
- 403,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 1697
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 | 163.68° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 16.85° |
| Illuminated fraction | 97.85% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -37.1° / 345.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 51m / 12.10° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 159.52° / 4.43° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.38° / -5.09° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 19.47° / -1.11° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 305.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.