The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, March 16, 1988
Waning Crescent
2.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 39°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:00 AM
5:11 PM
39°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 2.8%
- Age
- 28.0 days
- Distance
- 359,500 km
- Apparent size
- 33.2′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 806
Events on this date
-
Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 0.5° apart in the sky.
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 359,500 km.
Exact values
For Mar 16, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 340.74° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 160.64° |
| Illuminated fraction | 2.83% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 38.6° / 189.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 37m / -10.28° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 337.07° / -1.47° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.44° / 2.58° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -160.82° / 0.10° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 62.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.