The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, March 16, 1948
Waxing Crescent
30.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 73°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
9:35 AM
73°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 30.9%
- Age
- 5.8 days
- Distance
- 382,700 km
- Apparent size
- 31.2′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 312
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 | 67.39° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 112.46° |
| Illuminated fraction | 30.90% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 24.6° / 81.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 04m / 22.44° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 63.43° / 1.62° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.03° / -1.42° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 105.87° / -1.21° |
| Position angle of the axis | 350.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 258.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.