The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, March 16, 2042
Waning Crescent
32.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 22°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
4:39 AM
1:31 PM
22°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 32.4%
- Age
- 24.3 days
- Distance
- 377,100 km
- Apparent size
- 31.7′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1474
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 | 290.80° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 110.57° |
| Illuminated fraction | 32.43% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 11.1° / 217.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 17m / -27.45° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 286.99° / -5.14° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -8.36° / 7.36° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -118.37° / -0.83° |
| Position angle of the axis | 352.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 80.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.