The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, March 15, 2063
Waning Gibbous
98.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 47°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:13 PM
8:03 AM
47°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.6%
- Age
- 15.3 days
- Distance
- 365,100 km
- Apparent size
- 32.7′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1734
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 | 193.58° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 13.73° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.57% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -42.7° / 306.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 28m / -5.55° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 188.69° / -2.29° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.93° / 3.68° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -9.36° / 0.36° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 125.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.