The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, March 15, 2129
Waning Crescent
27.5% 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
4:21 AM
2:32 PM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 27.5%
- Age
- 24.8 days
- Distance
- 366,900 km
- Apparent size
- 32.6′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 2550
Events on this date
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Jupiter behind the Sun
On the far side of the Sun and lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Mar 15, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 296.97° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 116.81° |
| Illuminated fraction | 27.45% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 21.1° / 217.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 33m / -18.63° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 292.08° / 3.02° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.17° / -3.16° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -119.51° / -0.75° |
| Position angle of the axis | 349.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 82.3° |
| 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.