The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, March 15, 2061
Waning Crescent
37.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 21°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
4:14 AM
12:58 PM
21°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 37.5%
- Age
- 23.4 days
- Distance
- 396,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1709
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 | 284.66° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 104.45° |
| Illuminated fraction | 37.52% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 7.2° / 222.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 46m / -28.19° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 280.25° / -5.16° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.10° / 7.39° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -109.97° / -0.68° |
| Position angle of the axis | 355.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 84.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.