The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, March 15, 2182
Waxing Gibbous
80.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 63°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:33 PM
4:54 AM
63°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 80.7%
- Age
- 10.8 days
- Distance
- 404,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 3206
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 | 127.96° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 52.09° |
| Illuminated fraction | 80.72% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -30.7° / 29.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 17m / 14.46° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 123.24° / -5.09° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.30° / 7.25° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 51.72° / 0.71° |
| Position angle of the axis | 13.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 278.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.