The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, March 15, 2107
Waning Gibbous
58.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
1:42 AM
11:49 AM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 58.5%
- Age
- 20.7 days
- Distance
- 395,900 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 2278
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Mar 15, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 260.37° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 80.24° |
| Illuminated fraction | 58.47% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -2.0° / 246.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 56m / -18.92° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 254.82° / 3.66° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.95° / -4.05° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -74.59° / 0.90° |
| Position angle of the axis | 7.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 96.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.