The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, March 16, 1981
Waxing Gibbous
85.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 66°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
2:54 PM
4:36 AM
66°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 85.3%
- Age
- 10.3 days
- Distance
- 388,200 km
- Apparent size
- 30.8′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 720
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 | 134.74° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 45.15° |
| Illuminated fraction | 85.26% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -25.2° / 34.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 53m / 17.59° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 130.77° / 0.06° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.24° / 0.45° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 50.78° / -1.16° |
| Position angle of the axis | 17.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 285.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.