The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, March 16, 1930
Waning Gibbous
95.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 45°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:07 PM
7:47 AM
45°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 95.1%
- Age
- 16.1 days
- Distance
- 373,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 89
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 | 205.54° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 25.50° |
| Illuminated fraction | 95.13% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -45.5° / 307.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 19m / -7.15° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 200.93° / 1.11° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.55° / -0.80° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -19.76° / -0.96° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 111.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.