The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, March 15, 2074
Waning Gibbous
92.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 45°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:36 PM
9:21 AM
45°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 92.4%
- Age
- 17.7 days
- Distance
- 362,100 km
- Apparent size
- 33.0′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1870
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 362,000 km.
Exact values
For Mar 15, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 211.69° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 31.97° |
| Illuminated fraction | 92.42% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -29.6° / 288.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 48m / -5.79° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 207.13° / 4.98° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.53° / -5.67° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -31.75° / -1.09° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 104.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.