The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, March 16, 1957
Waning Gibbous
99.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 47°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:46 PM
6:40 AM
47°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.3%
- Age
- 15.0 days
- Distance
- 361,900 km
- Apparent size
- 33.0′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 423
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 | 188.52° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 9.26° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.35% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -52.5° / 332.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 10m / -5.14° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 184.37° / -3.71° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.64° / 5.43° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -4.96° / 1.27° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 140.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.