The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, March 15, 2131
Waning Gibbous
97.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 50°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:23 PM
8:52 AM
50°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 97.1%
- Age
- 16.1 days
- Distance
- 405,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2575
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 | 199.05° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 19.62° |
| Illuminated fraction | 97.10% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -33.9° / 302.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 58m / -0.77° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 193.67° / 5.01° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.05° / -5.88° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -18.82° / -1.47° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 100.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.