The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, March 16, 1905
Waxing Gibbous
74.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 67°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
1:41 PM
3:22 AM
67°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 74.0%
- Age
- 10.5 days
- Distance
- 375,300 km
- Apparent size
- 31.8′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- -220
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 | 118.60° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 61.34° |
| Illuminated fraction | 73.98% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -16.2° / 49.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 41m / 17.61° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 114.05° / -3.75° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.69° / 5.46° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 53.79° / -0.41° |
| Position angle of the axis | 11.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 277.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.