The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, March 16, 1912
Waning Crescent
5.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 34°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:58 AM
4:30 PM
34°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 5.0%
- Age
- 27.5 days
- Distance
- 398,800 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- -134
Events on this date
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Moon and Venus close together
They pass 3.4° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 16, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 334.51° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 154.14° |
| Illuminated fraction | 5.01% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 33.0° / 194.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 15m / -15.20° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 330.27° / -4.08° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.64° / 6.00° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -157.76° / -0.73° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 59.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.