The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, March 16, 1909
Waning Crescent
33.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 24°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
3:13 AM
12:32 PM
24°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 33.6%
- Age
- 24.3 days
- Distance
- 374,900 km
- Apparent size
- 31.9′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- -171
Events on this date
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 1.4° apart in the sky.
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Mars, Moon, and Uranus gathered
All within 6.3° of each other in the sky.
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 2.1° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 16, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 289.26° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 109.12° |
| Illuminated fraction | 33.63% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 4.2° / 231.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 05m / -24.66° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 284.75° / -2.04° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -8.30° / 3.26° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -116.64° / -1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 352.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 83.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.