The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, March 16, 2008
Waxing Gibbous
73.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 72°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
2:23 PM
4:57 AM
72°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 73.9%
- Age
- 8.9 days
- Distance
- 377,900 km
- Apparent size
- 31.6′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 1054
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 | 118.44° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 61.47° |
| Illuminated fraction | 73.88% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -19.0° / 32.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 50m / 23.93° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 114.89° / 2.82° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.30° / -2.86° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 66.10° / 0.77° |
| Position angle of the axis | 9.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 281.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.