The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, March 16, 2048
Waxing Crescent
4.5% 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
8:15 AM
10:09 PM
63°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 4.5%
- Age
- 2.1 days
- Distance
- 396,800 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1549
Events on this date
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Mercury and Venus close together
They pass 1.0° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 16, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 24.12° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 155.38° |
| Illuminated fraction | 4.55% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 40.9° / 111.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 10m / 12.55° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 20.87° / 4.76° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.84° / -5.60° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 159.32° / 1.54° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 238.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.