The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, March 16, 1976
Waning Gibbous
99.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 47°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:46 PM
6:41 AM
47°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.4%
- Age
- 15.7 days
- Distance
- 357,600 km
- Apparent size
- 33.4′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 658
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 357,600 km.
Exact values
For Mar 16, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 188.36° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 8.94° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.39% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -52.1° / 332.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 12m / -4.79° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 184.61° / -3.23° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.31° / 4.83° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -8.77° / 1.15° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 137.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.