The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, March 16, 1965
Waxing Gibbous
99.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:53 PM
6:38 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.0%
- Age
- 13.3 days
- Distance
- 369,200 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 522
Events on this date
-
Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 4.2° apart in the sky.
-
Mars, Moon, and Uranus gathered
All within 4.8° of each other in the sky.
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 1.1° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 16, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 169.81° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 11.31° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.03% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -40.1° / 356.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 15m / 10.24° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 165.71° / 5.00° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.71° / -5.83° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 13.61° / -1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 316.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.