The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, March 15, 2094
Waning Crescent
1.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 38°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:28 AM
6:37 PM
38°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 1.6%
- Age
- 28.4 days
- Distance
- 360,600 km
- Apparent size
- 33.1′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 2117
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 360,400 km.
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Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 1.8° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 15, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 346.17° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 165.50° |
| Illuminated fraction | 1.59% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 36.5° / 162.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 59m / -11.09° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 341.76° / -4.26° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.72° / 6.37° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -165.21° / -1.44° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 47.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.