The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, March 16, 1906
Waning Gibbous
59.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
12:28 AM
10:49 AM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 59.0%
- Age
- 21.4 days
- Distance
- 370,400 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- -208
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 | 259.69° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 79.58° |
| Illuminated fraction | 59.04% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -12.7° / 256.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 57m / -17.89° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 254.89° / 4.73° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.35° / -5.43° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -75.58° / -0.92° |
| Position angle of the axis | 5.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 95.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.