The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, March 16, 1951
Waxing Gibbous
59.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 78°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
11:37 AM
2:54 AM
78°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 59.3%
- Age
- 8.8 days
- Distance
- 403,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 349
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 4.7° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 16, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 100.61° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 79.28° |
| Illuminated fraction | 59.30% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 2.8° / 55.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 27m / 28.36° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 95.91° / 5.05° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.54° / -5.96° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 76.97° / 0.14° |
| Position angle of the axis | 2.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 273.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.