The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, March 16, 1925
Waning Gibbous
61.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
12:15 AM
10:36 AM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 61.6%
- Age
- 21.6 days
- Distance
- 372,100 km
- Apparent size
- 32.1′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 27
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 | 256.72° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 76.62° |
| Illuminated fraction | 61.57% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -15.0° / 258.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 46m / -17.81° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 252.32° / 4.50° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.41° / -5.15° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -79.39° / -1.06° |
| Position angle of the axis | 6.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 96.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.