The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, March 16, 1996
Waning Crescent
10.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 38°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:42 AM
3:50 PM
38°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 10.0%
- Age
- 26.7 days
- Distance
- 366,400 km
- Apparent size
- 32.6′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 905
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 366,300 km.
Exact values
For Mar 16, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 323.43° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 143.11° |
| Illuminated fraction | 10.01% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 33.2° / 211.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 23m / -10.67° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 319.82° / 4.42° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.72° / -5.09° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -142.13° / 0.54° |
| Position angle of the axis | 341.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 77.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.