The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, March 16, 1975
Waxing Crescent
12.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 66°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
9:11 AM
11:31 PM
66°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 12.2%
- Age
- 3.7 days
- Distance
- 397,200 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 646
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 | 40.75° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 139.10° |
| Illuminated fraction | 12.21% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 30.2° / 95.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 12m / 15.75° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 36.20° / 2.29° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.25° / -2.39° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 133.42° / 1.46° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 248.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.