The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, March 15, 2104
Waning Gibbous
87.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 33°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
11:41 PM
9:05 AM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 87.3%
- Age
- 18.4 days
- Distance
- 403,800 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2241
Events on this date
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Neptune at opposition
Opposite the Sun in the sky: up all night and at its brightest for the year.
Exact values
For Mar 15, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 221.76° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 41.81° |
| Illuminated fraction | 87.27% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -32.2° / 273.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 13m / -17.58° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 216.95° / -3.97° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.44° / 5.87° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -45.76° / 1.57° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 114.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.