The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, March 16, 1992
Waxing Gibbous
93.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 55°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:34 PM
5:07 AM
55°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 93.9%
- Age
- 12.2 days
- Distance
- 362,400 km
- Apparent size
- 33.0′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 856
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 362,400 km.
Exact values
For Mar 16, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 151.64° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 28.55° |
| Illuminated fraction | 93.92% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -39.3° / 22.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 55m / 8.46° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 148.01° / -3.94° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.50° / 5.77° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 28.40° / 1.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 281.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.