The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, March 15, 2123
Waning Gibbous
88.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 34°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:26 PM
9:00 AM
34°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 88.7%
- Age
- 17.5 days
- Distance
- 402,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2476
Events on this date
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Mars 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 | 219.27° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 39.32° |
| Illuminated fraction | 88.68% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -33.2° / 276.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 01m / -16.29° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 213.84° / -3.72° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.46° / 5.53° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -37.39° / 1.57° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 115.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.