The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, March 16, 1935
Waxing Gibbous
89.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 62°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:33 PM
4:55 AM
62°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 89.2%
- Age
- 11.6 days
- Distance
- 405,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 151
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 406,000 km.
Exact values
For Mar 16, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 141.61° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 38.32° |
| Illuminated fraction | 89.23% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -30.6° / 30.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 15m / 14.38° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 136.80° / -1.50° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.93° / 2.59° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 39.76° / 1.32° |
| Position angle of the axis | 16.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 284.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.