The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, March 16, 1991
New Moon
0.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 54°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:31 AM
7:24 PM
54°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.3%
- Age
- 0.4 days
- Distance
- 379,800 km
- Apparent size
- 31.5′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 844
Events on this date
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New Moon
The Moon passes between Earth and the Sun and cannot be seen. These are the darkest nights of the month.
Exact values
For Mar 16, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 4.60° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 173.51° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.32% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 52.0° / 159.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 54m / 4.26° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 0.21° / 4.56° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.27° / -5.35° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 170.23° / 1.31° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 205.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.