The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, March 16, 2039
Waning Gibbous
58.7% 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
1:45 AM
11:35 AM
28°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 58.7%
- Age
- 21.5 days
- Distance
- 369,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 1437
Events on this date
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Saturn at opposition
Opposite the Sun in the sky: up all night and at its brightest for the year.
Exact values
For Mar 16, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 260.14° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 80.00° |
| Illuminated fraction | 58.68% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -4.2° / 244.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 00m / -21.78° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 256.06° / 0.93° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.04° / -0.49° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -77.32° / -1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 4.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 96.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.