The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, March 16, 1961
New Moon
0.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 46°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:44 AM
6:45 PM
46°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.0%
- Age
- 29.4 days
- Distance
- 365,400 km
- Apparent size
- 32.7′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 472
Events on this date
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New Moon
The Moon passes between Earth and the Sun and cannot be seen. These are the darkest nights of the month.
Exact values
For Mar 16, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 358.95° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 178.01° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.03% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 44.8° / 165.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 44m / -3.60° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 354.83° / -1.69° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.05° / 2.90° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -175.69° / -0.56° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 3.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.