The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, March 16, 1939
Waning Crescent
17.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 35°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:06 AM
2:49 PM
35°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 17.0%
- Age
- 25.4 days
- Distance
- 405,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 200
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 405,700 km.
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Mercury at greatest elongation
18° from the Sun in the evening sky, its best showing after sunset.
Exact values
For Mar 16, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 311.68° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 131.36° |
| Illuminated fraction | 16.96% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 25.4° / 221.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 32m / -13.58° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 306.90° / 5.13° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.27° / -6.13° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -130.69° / 1.11° |
| Position angle of the axis | 346.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 79.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.