The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, March 15, 2083
Waning Crescent
7.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 36°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:19 AM
5:06 PM
36°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 7.7%
- Age
- 26.9 days
- Distance
- 387,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.8′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 1981
Events on this date
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Moon and Venus close together
They pass 0.8° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 15, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 327.95° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 147.87° |
| Illuminated fraction | 7.66% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 35.8° / 186.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 41m / -13.27° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 323.22° / 0.53° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.85° / -0.06° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -142.73° / 1.00° |
| Position angle of the axis | 342.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 70.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.