The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, March 16, 1903
Waning Gibbous
88.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 39°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:19 PM
8:27 AM
39°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 88.2%
- Age
- 17.3 days
- Distance
- 386,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.9′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- -245
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 | 220.26° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 40.20° |
| Illuminated fraction | 88.19% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -39.2° / 289.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 14m / -11.63° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 215.21° / 1.74° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.24° / -1.60° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -34.54° / 0.55° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 108.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.