The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, March 15, 2082
Waning Gibbous
98.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 46°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:17 PM
8:00 AM
46°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.5%
- Age
- 16.0 days
- Distance
- 357,400 km
- Apparent size
- 33.4′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1969
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 357,200 km.
Exact values
For Mar 15, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 193.78° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 14.04° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.51% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -43.4° / 305.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 30m / -6.33° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 189.29° / -2.89° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.32° / 4.44° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -13.16° / 0.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 127.9° |
| 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.