The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, March 16, 1902
First Quarter
47.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 69°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
11:16 AM
1:08 AM
69°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 47.6%
- Age
- 6.6 days
- Distance
- 370,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- -257
Events on this date
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First Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon is high at sunset and sets around midnight.
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 3.0° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 16, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 87.15° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 92.70° |
| Illuminated fraction | 47.64% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 6.7° / 70.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 28m / 19.42° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 82.34° / -3.81° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.77° / 5.58° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 94.86° / 1.01° |
| Position angle of the axis | 356.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 267.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.