The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, March 16, 1958
Waning Crescent
12.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 38°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:30 AM
3:29 PM
38°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 12.2%
- Age
- 26.1 days
- Distance
- 401,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 435
Events on this date
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Moon and Venus close together
They pass 1.2° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 16, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 319.47° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 139.11° |
| Illuminated fraction | 12.20% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 30.9° / 214.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 04m / -11.49° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 315.08° / 5.04° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.35° / -6.01° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -134.51° / 0.93° |
| Position angle of the axis | 343.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 78.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.