The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, March 16, 1949
Waning Gibbous
94.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 44°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:20 PM
7:46 AM
44°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 94.5%
- Age
- 16.8 days
- Distance
- 359,900 km
- Apparent size
- 33.2′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 324
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 | 207.13° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 27.07° |
| Illuminated fraction | 94.52% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -46.0° / 305.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 25m / -8.67° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 202.92° / 0.27° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.29° / 0.28° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -23.56° / -0.79° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 112.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.