The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, March 15, 2080
Waning Crescent
29.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 22°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
4:55 AM
1:47 PM
22°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 29.9%
- Age
- 23.8 days
- Distance
- 404,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1944
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 404,700 km.
Exact values
For Mar 15, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 293.96° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 113.71° |
| Illuminated fraction | 29.90% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 13.1° / 215.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 30m / -27.10° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 289.95° / -5.21° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.50° / 7.48° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -113.78° / -0.47° |
| Position angle of the axis | 351.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 78.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.