The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, March 16, 2045
Waning Crescent
4.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 39°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:44 AM
5:53 PM
39°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 4.0%
- Age
- 27.7 days
- Distance
- 401,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 1511
Events on this date
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Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 0.4° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 16, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 336.87° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 156.81° |
| Illuminated fraction | 4.04% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 39.1° / 175.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 21m / -10.14° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 333.35° / 0.15° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.89° / 0.48° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -159.52° / 0.66° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 67.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.