The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, March 15, 2096
Waning Gibbous
65.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 28°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
1:15 AM
10:59 AM
28°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 65.3%
- Age
- 20.7 days
- Distance
- 402,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 2142
Events on this date
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Mercury and Uranus close together
They pass 0.2° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 15, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 252.37° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 72.23° |
| Illuminated fraction | 65.26% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -10.5° / 249.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 27m / -22.19° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 248.48° / -0.49° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.93° / 1.23° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -76.53° / -1.45° |
| Position angle of the axis | 7.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 99.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.