The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, March 16, 1945
Waxing Crescent
9.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 58°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:32 AM
10:56 PM
58°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 9.5%
- Age
- 2.5 days
- Distance
- 360,700 km
- Apparent size
- 33.1′
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Lunation number
- 275
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 | 35.60° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 144.04° |
| Illuminated fraction | 9.53% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 26.7° / 104.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 03m / 7.38° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 31.31° / -4.85° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.66° / 7.09° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 147.48° / -1.42° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 257.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.