The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, March 16, 1994
Waxing Crescent
16.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 67°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
8:36 AM
11:04 PM
67°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 16.7%
- Age
- 4.4 days
- Distance
- 405,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 881
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 | 48.13° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 131.75° |
| Illuminated fraction | 16.71% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 36.6° / 99.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 45m / 17.01° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 44.01° / 1.01° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.23° / -0.77° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 129.10° / 1.37° |
| Position angle of the axis | 341.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 252.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.