The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, March 16, 2017
Waning Gibbous
84.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 39°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:45 PM
10:00 AM
39°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 84.5%
- Age
- 18.0 days
- Distance
- 402,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 1165
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 | 226.30° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 46.38° |
| Illuminated fraction | 84.49% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -22.5° / 274.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 46m / -10.93° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 222.55° / 4.90° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.02° / -5.69° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -44.67° / -0.67° |
| Position angle of the axis | 18.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 103.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.