The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, March 16, 1959
Waxing Crescent
41.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
10:50 AM
12:34 AM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 41.3%
- Age
- 7.3 days
- Distance
- 402,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 448
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 | 79.75° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 100.06° |
| Illuminated fraction | 41.27% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 11.5° / 76.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 58m / 17.98° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 75.12° / -4.66° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.92° / 6.66° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 95.61° / 0.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 353.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 265.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.