The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, March 16, 1989
Waxing Gibbous
72.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 74°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
1:09 PM
3:55 AM
74°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 72.8%
- Age
- 8.9 days
- Distance
- 393,900 km
- Apparent size
- 30.3′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 819
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 | 117.07° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 62.85° |
| Illuminated fraction | 72.82% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -10.2° / 45.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 43m / 24.91° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 113.17° / 3.50° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.35° / -3.86° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 69.39° / 0.59° |
| Position angle of the axis | 9.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 281.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.