The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, March 16, 1944
Waning Gibbous
62.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
1:15 AM
11:33 AM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 62.5%
- Age
- 21.6 days
- Distance
- 385,000 km
- Apparent size
- 31.0′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 262
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 | 255.64° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 75.53° |
| Illuminated fraction | 62.49% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -4.8° / 250.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 43m / -18.07° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 251.59° / 4.14° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.73° / -4.69° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -82.68° / -1.21° |
| Position angle of the axis | 7.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 97.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.