The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, March 15, 2068
Waxing Gibbous
90.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 58°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:56 PM
5:46 AM
58°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 90.4%
- Age
- 11.7 days
- Distance
- 405,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 1796
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 | 144.18° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 36.02° |
| Illuminated fraction | 90.44% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -39.3° / 12.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 24m / 10.16° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 140.09° / -4.86° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.60° / 6.99° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 38.05° / 1.49° |
| Position angle of the axis | 17.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 280.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.