The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, March 15, 2144
Waxing Gibbous
78.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 63°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:23 PM
4:43 AM
63°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 78.9%
- Age
- 11.1 days
- Distance
- 373,300 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 2736
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 | 125.39° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 54.66° |
| Illuminated fraction | 78.92% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -29.4° / 32.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 08m / 14.89° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 120.88° / -5.18° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.84° / 7.37° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 47.16° / 1.02° |
| Position angle of the axis | 12.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 278.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.