The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, March 16, 2023
Waning Crescent
32.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 22°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
4:36 AM
1:31 PM
22°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 32.5%
- Age
- 24.4 days
- Distance
- 368,200 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1239
Events on this date
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Mercury and Neptune close together
They pass 0.4° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 16, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 290.68° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 110.47° |
| Illuminated fraction | 32.52% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 11.1° / 217.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 14m / -27.30° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 286.48° / -4.91° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.71° / 7.08° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -114.58° / -0.97° |
| Position angle of the axis | 352.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 80.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.