The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, March 16, 1999
Waning Crescent
1.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 40°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:12 AM
5:34 PM
40°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 1.6%
- Age
- 28.4 days
- Distance
- 371,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 942
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 | 345.68° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 165.55° |
| Illuminated fraction | 1.58% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 40.3° / 183.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 54m / -8.92° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 341.35° / -1.74° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.80° / 2.93° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -171.08° / -0.85° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 58.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.