The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, March 16, 1993
Waning Crescent
34.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 28°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
2:51 AM
12:42 PM
28°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 34.9%
- Age
- 23.2 days
- Distance
- 395,600 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 868
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 | 287.69° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 107.53° |
| Illuminated fraction | 34.94% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 6.0° / 236.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 59m / -20.39° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 283.81° / 2.35° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.79° / -2.47° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -101.01° / 1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 355.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 85.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.