The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, March 16, 1943
Waxing Gibbous
75.8% 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
2:51 PM
4:41 AM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 75.8%
- Age
- 10.2 days
- Distance
- 404,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 250
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 | 121.01° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 58.89° |
| Illuminated fraction | 75.84% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -24.5° / 34.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 51m / 18.45° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 116.21° / -2.50° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.59° / 3.86° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 58.85° / -0.80° |
| Position angle of the axis | 12.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 278.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.