The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, March 16, 1900
Full Moon
99.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 47°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:19 PM
6:27 AM
47°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.7%
- Age
- 15.2 days
- Distance
- 405,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- -282
Events on this date
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Full Moon
The whole disc is lit. The Moon rises around sunset and stays up all night.
Exact values
For Mar 16, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 184.00° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 6.25° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.70% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -53.0° / 340.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 51m / -4.29° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 179.68° / -4.82° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.64° / 6.88° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -5.75° / 1.57° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 166.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.