The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, March 15, 2156
Waning Crescent
42.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 21°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
3:46 AM
12:30 PM
21°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 42.4%
- Age
- 23.5 days
- Distance
- 373,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 2884
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 4.8° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 15, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 278.95° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 98.78° |
| Illuminated fraction | 42.37% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 3.6° / 226.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 20m / -28.30° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 274.52° / -4.96° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.44° / 7.13° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -104.66° / 0.31° |
| Position angle of the axis | 358.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 87.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.