The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, March 16, 2021
Waxing Crescent
9.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 60°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:26 AM
10:56 PM
60°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 9.8%
- Age
- 3.2 days
- Distance
- 404,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Lunation number
- 1215
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 2.5° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 16, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 36.23° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 143.55° |
| Illuminated fraction | 9.78% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 28.0° / 102.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 06m / 9.22° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 32.52° / -3.33° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.27° / 5.07° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 144.46° / -1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 341.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 255.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.