The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, March 16, 1974
Waning Crescent
42.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 27°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
3:24 AM
12:59 PM
27°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 42.0%
- Age
- 22.4 days
- Distance
- 403,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 633
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 | 279.40° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 99.25° |
| Illuminated fraction | 41.96% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 8.3° / 230.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 22m / -22.36° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 275.09° / 0.98° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.94° / -0.61° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -96.70° / 1.55° |
| Position angle of the axis | 359.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 88.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.