The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, March 15, 2090
Full Moon
99.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 54°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:36 PM
7:23 AM
54°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.8%
- Age
- 14.3 days
- Distance
- 358,000 km
- Apparent size
- 33.4′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 2068
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 357,800 km.
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Full Moon
The whole disc is lit. The Moon rises around sunset and stays up all night.
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Total lunar eclipse
The Moon passes fully into Earth's shadow and turns a dim copper red. It starts at 6:06 PM, is deepest at 7:45 PM and ends at 9:24 PM. Totality lasts from 7:13 PM to 8:17 PM. Partly visible from Columbus: the Moon is below the horizon for some of it.
Exact values
For Mar 15, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 175.46° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 4.60° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.84% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -43.6° / 331.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 26m / 2.80° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 171.03° / -0.82° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.97° / 1.79° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 5.43° / 0.12° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 274.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.