The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, March 16, 1969
Waning Crescent
2.8% 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
6:05 AM
5:10 PM
38°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 2.8%
- Age
- 28.0 days
- Distance
- 374,300 km
- Apparent size
- 31.9′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 571
Events on this date
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Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 0.1° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 16, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 341.00° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 160.84° |
| Illuminated fraction | 2.77% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 38.0° / 188.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 38m / -10.91° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 336.94° / -2.09° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.66° / 3.37° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -157.00° / -0.09° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 60.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.