The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, March 16, 1947
Waning Crescent
32.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 23°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
3:29 AM
12:35 PM
23°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 32.2%
- Age
- 23.6 days
- Distance
- 403,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 299
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 | 290.99° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 110.80° |
| Illuminated fraction | 32.24% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 4.6° / 229.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 12m / -25.75° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 286.26° / -3.31° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.96° / 4.92° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -112.04° / -1.47° |
| Position angle of the axis | 351.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 81.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.