The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, March 15, 2148
Waning Crescent
28.0% 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
2:26 PM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 28.0%
- Age
- 24.8 days
- Distance
- 373,200 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 2785
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 | 296.23° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 116.07° |
| Illuminated fraction | 28.03% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 20.3° / 218.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 32m / -19.22° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 291.73° / 2.47° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.72° / -2.49° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -123.30° / -0.91° |
| Position angle of the axis | 349.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 82.1° |
| 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.