The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, March 16, 1987
Waning Gibbous
98.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 49°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:06 PM
7:15 AM
49°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.5%
- Age
- 16.7 days
- Distance
- 384,600 km
- Apparent size
- 31.1′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 794
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 | 193.92° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 13.88° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.54% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -48.4° / 324.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 35m / -3.59° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 189.49° / 0.18° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.18° / 0.32° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -19.01° / -0.48° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 115.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.