The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, March 16, 1938
Full Moon
99.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 47°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:32 PM
6:33 AM
47°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.6%
- Age
- 14.5 days
- Distance
- 380,700 km
- Apparent size
- 31.4′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 188
Events on this date
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Full Moon
The whole disc is lit. The Moon rises around sunset and stays up all night.
Exact values
For Mar 16, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 186.15° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 7.46° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.58% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -52.7° / 336.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 59m / -4.55° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 181.61° / -4.26° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.11° / 6.13° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -1.16° / 1.39° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 151.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.