The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, March 16, 1990
Waning Gibbous
76.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 27°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
8:45 AM
27°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 76.3%
- Age
- 19.3 days
- Distance
- 405,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 831
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 405,200 km.
Exact values
For Mar 16, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 238.25° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 58.26° |
| Illuminated fraction | 76.30% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -34.6° / 266.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 21m / -23.74° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 234.10° / -5.10° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.32° / 7.21° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -59.99° / 1.05° |
| Position angle of the axis | 15.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 108.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.