The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, March 16, 1952
Waning Gibbous
75.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 26°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
8:47 AM
26°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 75.5%
- Age
- 20.3 days
- Distance
- 379,600 km
- Apparent size
- 31.5′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 361
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 | 239.27° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 59.29° |
| Illuminated fraction | 75.53% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -34.0° / 265.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 27m / -24.16° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 235.34° / -5.21° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.97° / 7.32° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -64.58° / 0.68° |
| Position angle of the axis | 14.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 108.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.