The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, March 16, 1997
Waxing Gibbous
57.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
12:09 PM
1:55 AM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 57.1%
- Age
- 7.7 days
- Distance
- 396,600 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 918
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 | 98.05° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 81.83° |
| Illuminated fraction | 57.11% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -1.8° / 64.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 18m / 18.10° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 94.21° / -5.27° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.92° / 7.43° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 88.00° / 0.08° |
| Position angle of the axis | 2.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 271.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.