The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, March 15, 2183
Waning Gibbous
66.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 33°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:48 AM
11:17 AM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 66.8%
- Age
- 21.2 days
- Distance
- 388,500 km
- Apparent size
- 30.7′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 3218
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 | 250.44° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 70.37° |
| Illuminated fraction | 66.80% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -7.7° / 254.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 18m / -16.49° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 245.47° / 4.78° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -8.02° / -5.43° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -77.66° / 0.18° |
| Position angle of the axis | 10.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 98.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.