The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, March 16, 2031
Last Quarter
45.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 28°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
2:55 AM
12:46 PM
28°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 45.7%
- Age
- 23.0 days
- Distance
- 370,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1338
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.
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Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 1.8° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 16, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 275.14° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 94.99° |
| Illuminated fraction | 45.65% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 6.6° / 234.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 04m / -20.84° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 271.01° / 2.59° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.64° / -2.60° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -95.92° / 1.37° |
| Position angle of the axis | 1.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 90.0° |
| 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.