The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, March 15, 2142
Waning Gibbous
84.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
9:27 AM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 84.0%
- Age
- 17.8 days
- Distance
- 387,200 km
- Apparent size
- 30.8′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 2711
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 | 227.25° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 47.20° |
| Illuminated fraction | 83.97% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -27.9° / 269.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 36m / -18.01° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 222.22° / -2.65° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.56° / 4.14° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -41.18° / 1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 111.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.