The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, March 16, 1919
Full Moon
99.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 49°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:01 PM
6:20 AM
49°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.8%
- Age
- 14.2 days
- Distance
- 400,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- -47
Events on this date
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Full Moon
The whole disc is lit. The Moon rises around sunset and stays up all night.
Exact values
For Mar 16, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 180.62° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 4.78° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.83% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -52.1° / 345.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 37m / -2.64° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 175.68° / -4.75° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.40° / 6.78° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 2.61° / 1.50° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 195.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.