The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, March 16, 1941
Waning Gibbous
85.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 39°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:44 PM
8:46 AM
39°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 85.5%
- Age
- 18.6 days
- Distance
- 362,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.9′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 225
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 | 224.75° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 44.75° |
| Illuminated fraction | 85.51% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -35.9° / 285.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 36m / -11.82° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 220.47° / 3.31° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.02° / -3.55° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -42.15° / 0.16° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 105.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.