The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, March 16, 2003
Waxing Gibbous
95.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 62°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:40 PM
6:04 AM
62°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 95.6%
- Age
- 13.6 days
- Distance
- 367,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.5′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 992
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 | 156.18° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 24.26° |
| Illuminated fraction | 95.59% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -34.1° / 11.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 23m / 15.52° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 151.88° / 5.05° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.19° / -5.88° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 18.15° / -1.43° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 301.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.