The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, March 16, 1979
Waning Gibbous
92.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 43°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:32 PM
8:13 AM
43°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 92.4%
- Age
- 18.0 days
- Distance
- 393,500 km
- Apparent size
- 30.4′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 695
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 | 211.95° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 32.04° |
| Illuminated fraction | 92.39% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -41.3° / 300.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 47m / -7.39° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 207.47° / 3.40° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.05° / -3.73° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -37.62° / -0.21° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 106.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.