The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, March 16, 2020
Last Quarter
47.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 26°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
2:54 AM
12:29 PM
26°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 47.3%
- Age
- 22.0 days
- Distance
- 384,200 km
- Apparent size
- 31.1′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1202
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For Mar 16, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 273.24° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 93.09° |
| Illuminated fraction | 47.30% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 3.9° / 234.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 59m / -23.01° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 269.77° / 0.43° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.77° / 0.17° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -85.68° / -1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 358.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 90.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.