The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, March 15, 2088
Last Quarter
47.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
2:42 AM
12:43 PM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 47.6%
- Age
- 22.2 days
- Distance
- 403,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 2043
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For Mar 15, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 272.95° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 92.78° |
| Illuminated fraction | 47.57% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 6.3° / 237.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 56m / -19.37° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 269.00° / 4.05° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.03° / -4.58° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -95.13° / 1.05° |
| Position angle of the axis | 1.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 90.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.