The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, March 16, 1933
Waning Gibbous
74.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 26°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
8:53 AM
26°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 74.1%
- Age
- 20.2 days
- Distance
- 367,600 km
- Apparent size
- 32.5′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 126
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 | 241.15° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 61.15° |
| Illuminated fraction | 74.12% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -32.7° / 263.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 33m / -24.47° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 236.82° / -5.16° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.33° / 7.25° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -60.77° / 0.49° |
| Position angle of the axis | 13.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 107.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.