The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, March 16, 1954
Waxing Gibbous
92.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 58°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:13 PM
5:08 AM
58°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 92.7%
- Age
- 11.6 days
- Distance
- 398,200 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 386
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 | 148.63° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 31.39° |
| Illuminated fraction | 92.68% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -36.2° / 24.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 42m / 10.91° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 144.21° / -2.69° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.08° / 4.16° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 35.98° / 1.43° |
| Position angle of the axis | 18.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 283.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.