The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, March 15, 2161
Waning Gibbous
80.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
9:44 AM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 80.9%
- Age
- 18.5 days
- Distance
- 371,100 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 2946
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 3.6° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 15, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 231.92° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 51.82° |
| Illuminated fraction | 80.90% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -24.5° / 265.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 57m / -18.54° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 227.28° / -1.63° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.35° / 2.84° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -44.98° / 1.44° |
| Position angle of the axis | 18.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 108.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.