The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, March 15, 2162
New Moon
0.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 51°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:17 AM
7:44 PM
51°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.2%
- Age
- 29.5 days
- Distance
- 403,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 2958
Events on this date
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New Moon
The Moon passes between Earth and the Sun and cannot be seen. These are the darkest nights of the month.
Exact values
For Mar 15, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 357.40° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 175.12° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.18% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 45.8° / 148.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 26m / 0.82° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 352.52° / 4.11° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.75° / -4.77° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -174.71° / 1.23° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 120.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.