The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, March 16, 1940
First Quarter
45.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
11:10 AM
12:57 AM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 45.6%
- Age
- 7.6 days
- Distance
- 386,200 km
- Apparent size
- 30.9′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 213
Events on this date
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Mars and Uranus close together
They pass 1.1° apart in the sky.
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First Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon is high at sunset and sets around midnight.
Exact values
For Mar 16, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 84.75° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 95.09° |
| Illuminated fraction | 45.57% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 7.9° / 73.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 21m / 18.55° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 80.72° / -4.58° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.27° / 6.53° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 87.23° / 0.69° |
| Position angle of the axis | 355.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 266.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.