The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, March 16, 2024
Waxing Crescent
44.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 78°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
11:24 AM
2:29 AM
78°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 44.8%
- Age
- 6.3 days
- Distance
- 385,200 km
- Apparent size
- 31.0′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 1252
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 | 83.92° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 95.91° |
| Illuminated fraction | 44.85% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 4.7° / 57.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 17m / 27.85° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 80.48° / 4.76° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 8.01° / -5.48° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 103.35° / -0.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 356.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 265.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.