The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, March 16, 2050
Last Quarter
47.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 29°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
2:44 AM
12:39 PM
29°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 47.4%
- Age
- 23.0 days
- Distance
- 376,200 km
- Apparent size
- 31.8′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1573
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 3.6° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 16, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 273.08° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 92.93° |
| Illuminated fraction | 47.44% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 5.6° / 236.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 57m / -20.36° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 269.34° / 3.07° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.52° / -3.20° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -99.73° / 1.29° |
| Position angle of the axis | 1.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 90.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.