The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, March 16, 2011
Waxing Gibbous
86.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 61°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:16 PM
5:28 AM
61°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 86.2%
- Age
- 11.8 days
- Distance
- 365,600 km
- Apparent size
- 32.7′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 1091
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 | 136.48° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 43.54° |
| Illuminated fraction | 86.25% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -34.3° / 20.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 55m / 13.80° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 132.20° / -3.47° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.82° / 5.21° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 37.25° / 1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 14.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 281.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.