The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, March 16, 1929
Waxing Crescent
32.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 73°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
9:43 AM
73°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 32.1%
- Age
- 5.3 days
- Distance
- 370,200 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 77
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 | 68.84° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 111.02° |
| Illuminated fraction | 32.06% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 23.1° / 80.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 09m / 22.06° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 64.47° / 1.03° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.73° / -0.66° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 109.68° / -1.31° |
| Position angle of the axis | 351.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 259.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.