The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, March 16, 1920
Waning Crescent
15.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 36°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:13 AM
3:02 PM
36°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 15.4%
- Age
- 25.8 days
- Distance
- 393,100 km
- Apparent size
- 30.4′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- -35
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 | 314.09° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 133.77° |
| Illuminated fraction | 15.41% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 27.2° / 219.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 44m / -12.87° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 309.92° / 5.08° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.71° / -6.03° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -139.08° / 1.23° |
| Position angle of the axis | 345.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 79.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.