The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, March 16, 2032
Waxing Crescent
28.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 69°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
10:43 AM
12:28 AM
69°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 28.7%
- Age
- 5.0 days
- Distance
- 387,100 km
- Apparent size
- 30.9′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 1351
Events on this date
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Mercury at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Mar 16, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 64.60° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 115.25° |
| Illuminated fraction | 28.67% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 12.7° / 76.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 58m / 18.61° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 61.24° / -1.83° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.26° / 3.09° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 122.00° / 1.08° |
| Position angle of the axis | 347.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 259.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.