The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, March 16, 1984
Waxing Gibbous
99.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:55 PM
6:36 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.0%
- Age
- 13.9 days
- Distance
- 357,200 km
- Apparent size
- 33.4′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 757
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 357,100 km.
Exact values
For Mar 16, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 169.75° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 11.36° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.02% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -40.3° / 356.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 17m / 10.10° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 166.05° / 4.99° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.13° / -5.77° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 9.81° / -1.47° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 316.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.