The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, March 15, 2071
Full Moon
99.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 54°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:32 PM
7:20 AM
54°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.8%
- Age
- 13.6 days
- Distance
- 372,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 1833
Events on this date
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Full Moon
The whole disc is lit. The Moon rises around sunset and stays up all night.
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Penumbral lunar eclipse
The Moon passes through Earth's faint outer shadow and dims slightly. It starts at 7:25 PM, is deepest at 9:28 PM and ends at 11:31 PM. Partly visible from Columbus: the Moon is below the horizon for some of it.
Exact values
For Mar 15, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 174.98° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 5.24° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.79% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -44.1° / 331.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 21m / 2.49° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 170.15° / -1.54° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.32° / 2.67° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 9.24° / 0.31° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 269.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.