The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, March 15, 2152
Waxing Gibbous
64.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 76°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
1:20 PM
4:11 AM
76°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 64.8%
- Age
- 9.3 days
- Distance
- 372,900 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 2835
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 3.8° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 15, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 107.09° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 72.80° |
| Illuminated fraction | 64.78% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -11.2° / 41.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 56m / 26.24° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 102.63° / 3.43° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.46° / -3.71° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 65.76° / -1.40° |
| Position angle of the axis | 6.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 276.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.