The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, March 16, 1970
Waxing Gibbous
67.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 76°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
12:29 PM
3:33 AM
76°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 67.3%
- Age
- 9.0 days
- Distance
- 403,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 584
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 | 110.15° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 69.76° |
| Illuminated fraction | 67.30% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -4.4° / 49.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 11m / 26.85° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 105.85° / 4.38° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.22° / -5.06° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 73.17° / 0.38° |
| Position angle of the axis | 6.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 278.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.