The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, March 15, 2167
Waning Crescent
34.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 29°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
3:54 AM
1:49 PM
29°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 34.0%
- Age
- 23.8 days
- Distance
- 393,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.4′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 3020
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 | 288.83° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 108.66° |
| Illuminated fraction | 34.00% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 15.6° / 224.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 59m / -20.23° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 283.72° / 2.50° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.75° / -2.58° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -114.92° / -1.06° |
| Position angle of the axis | 353.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 85.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.