The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, March 15, 2180
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
9:47 AM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 80.9%
- Age
- 19.1 days
- Distance
- 364,200 km
- Apparent size
- 32.8′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 3181
Events on this date
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Mercury and Neptune close together
They pass 1.5° apart in the sky.
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Venus at its brightest
Shines at magnitude -4.8, as bright as it gets this time around.
Exact values
For Mar 15, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 231.87° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 51.76° |
| Illuminated fraction | 80.95% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -24.0° / 265.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 00m / -17.97° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 227.62° / -0.94° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.46° / 1.99° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -48.79° / 1.36° |
| Position angle of the axis | 18.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 107.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.