The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, March 16, 2006
Waning Gibbous
97.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 45°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:32 PM
7:21 AM
45°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 97.3%
- Age
- 16.7 days
- Distance
- 402,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1029
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 | 198.89° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 18.86° |
| Illuminated fraction | 97.32% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -49.1° / 316.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 53m / -6.75° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 194.85° / -0.97° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.11° / 1.79° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -22.80° / -0.26° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 117.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.