The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, March 16, 1950
Waning Crescent
3.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 36°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:02 AM
4:51 PM
36°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 3.7%
- Age
- 27.8 days
- Distance
- 394,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.3′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 336
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 | 338.12° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 157.87° |
| Illuminated fraction | 3.68% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 35.7° / 191.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 27m / -12.90° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 333.66° / -2.94° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.59° / 4.45° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -153.18° / -0.31° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 59.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.