The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, March 15, 2153
Waning Gibbous
67.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 27°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
1:01 AM
10:41 AM
27°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 67.4%
- Age
- 20.3 days
- Distance
- 371,300 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 2847
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 | 249.75° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 69.63° |
| Illuminated fraction | 67.40% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -13.5° / 250.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 11m / -23.25° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 245.04° / -2.16° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.31° / 3.48° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -63.59° / -1.09° |
| Position angle of the axis | 9.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 101.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.