The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, March 16, 2016
Waxing Gibbous
60.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
1:28 PM
3:12 AM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 60.4%
- Age
- 7.6 days
- Distance
- 382,800 km
- Apparent size
- 31.2′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 1153
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 | 101.88° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 78.02° |
| Illuminated fraction | 60.38% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -14.3° / 51.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 35m / 18.10° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 98.39° / -5.08° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.44° / 7.21° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 84.72° / -0.14° |
| Position angle of the axis | 4.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 272.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.