The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, March 15, 2099
Waning Crescent
31.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 22°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
4:45 AM
1:33 PM
22°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 31.8%
- Age
- 23.5 days
- Distance
- 398,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 2179
Events on this date
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 4.4° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 15, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 291.53° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 111.30° |
| Illuminated fraction | 31.84% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 11.5° / 217.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 16m / -27.50° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 286.92° / -5.18° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.45° / 7.42° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -105.41° / -0.26° |
| Position angle of the axis | 353.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 80.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.