The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, March 15, 2137
Waning Crescent
40.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 21°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
3:58 AM
12:41 PM
21°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 40.2%
- Age
- 23.4 days
- Distance
- 370,100 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 2649
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 370,000 km.
Exact values
For Mar 15, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 281.45° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 101.27° |
| Illuminated fraction | 40.23% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 5.0° / 224.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 30m / -28.35° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 276.63° / -5.10° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.13° / 7.30° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -100.85° / 0.12° |
| Position angle of the axis | 357.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 86.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.