The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, March 16, 2012
Waning Crescent
32.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
3:58 AM
2:00 PM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 32.9%
- Age
- 23.7 days
- Distance
- 380,900 km
- Apparent size
- 31.4′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1103
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 | 290.19° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 110.02° |
| Illuminated fraction | 32.88% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 17.1° / 223.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 11m / -19.27° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 286.66° / 3.15° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.08° / -3.41° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -104.31° / 1.44° |
| Position angle of the axis | 354.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 84.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.