The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, March 16, 1911
Waning Gibbous
96.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 48°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:34 PM
7:41 AM
48°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 96.9%
- Age
- 15.7 days
- Distance
- 392,800 km
- Apparent size
- 30.4′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- -146
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 | 200.29° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 20.35° |
| Illuminated fraction | 96.88% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -45.4° / 315.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 00m / -3.98° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 195.29° / 2.21° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.21° / -2.27° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -15.95° / -1.14° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 108.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.