The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, March 15, 2158
Waning Gibbous
99.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 47°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:36 PM
7:39 AM
47°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.5%
- Age
- 14.8 days
- Distance
- 400,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2909
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 | 186.91° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 8.06° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.51% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -45.9° / 314.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 01m / -4.65° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 182.00° / -4.20° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.69° / 6.15° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -4.03° / 1.22° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 148.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.