The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, March 16, 2041
Waxing Gibbous
98.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 63°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:39 PM
7:31 AM
63°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.6%
- Age
- 14.0 days
- Distance
- 403,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 1462
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 | 166.91° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 13.81° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.56% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -37.8° / 341.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 06m / 10.74° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 163.35° / 4.55° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.81° / -5.28° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 11.09° / -1.26° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 309.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.