The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, March 16, 2049
Waxing Gibbous
91.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 57°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:10 PM
5:53 AM
57°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 91.7%
- Age
- 12.7 days
- Distance
- 398,600 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 1561
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 | 146.77° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 33.45° |
| Illuminated fraction | 91.72% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -40.6° / 9.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 36m / 9.28° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 143.27° / -4.74° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.23° / 6.82° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 29.67° / 1.54° |
| Position angle of the axis | 18.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 280.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.