The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, March 16, 1956
Waxing Crescent
18.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 69°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
8:39 AM
11:28 PM
69°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 18.8%
- Age
- 4.1 days
- Distance
- 376,200 km
- Apparent size
- 31.7′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 411
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 | 51.18° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 128.68° |
| Illuminated fraction | 18.75% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 35.6° / 95.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 57m / 18.95° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 47.28° / 2.04° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.66° / -2.06° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 124.52° / 1.48° |
| Position angle of the axis | 342.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 252.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.