The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, March 15, 2085
Waning Gibbous
83.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
9:22 AM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 83.3%
- Age
- 19.4 days
- Distance
- 386,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.9′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 2006
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Mar 15, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 228.28° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 48.30° |
| Illuminated fraction | 83.26% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -28.6° / 266.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 41m / -19.90° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 224.06° / -4.03° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.37° / 5.95° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -54.14° / 1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 18.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 112.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.