The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, March 16, 1968
Waning Gibbous
94.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 43°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:16 PM
7:40 AM
43°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 94.9%
- Age
- 17.4 days
- Distance
- 363,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.9′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 559
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 363,400 km.
Exact values
For Mar 16, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 206.14° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 26.08° |
| Illuminated fraction | 94.91% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -47.0° / 306.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 22m / -8.99° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 202.32° / -0.33° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.51° / 1.02° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -27.36° / -0.63° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 114.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.