The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, March 16, 1901
Waning Crescent
19.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 34°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:55 AM
2:31 PM
34°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 19.4%
- Age
- 25.6 days
- Distance
- 376,100 km
- Apparent size
- 31.8′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- -270
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Mar 16, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 308.02° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 127.76° |
| Illuminated fraction | 19.38% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 22.5° / 223.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 18m / -14.76° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 303.46° / 4.75° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -8.07° / -5.54° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -135.28° / 1.33° |
| Position angle of the axis | 347.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 80.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.