The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, March 15, 2087
Waxing Gibbous
87.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 60°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:30 PM
5:30 AM
60°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 87.7%
- Age
- 10.7 days
- Distance
- 391,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.5′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 2031
Events on this date
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Mercury and Uranus close together
They pass 1.2° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 15, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 139.01° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 41.13° |
| Illuminated fraction | 87.66% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -36.7° / 18.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 01m / 11.80° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 134.31° / -4.94° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.87° / 7.08° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 46.42° / 1.39° |
| Position angle of the axis | 16.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 280.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.