The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, March 16, 2051
Waxing Crescent
21.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 67°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
10:12 AM
67°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 21.5%
- Age
- 4.0 days
- Distance
- 367,600 km
- Apparent size
- 32.5′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 1586
Events on this date
-
Moon and Mars close together
They pass 2.8° apart in the sky.
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Mars, Moon, and Neptune gathered
All within 3.1° of each other in the sky.
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Moon and Neptune 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 | 55.18° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 124.68° |
| Illuminated fraction | 21.55% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 18.7° / 84.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 17m / 16.48° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 51.21° / -1.63° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.20° / 2.84° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 130.39° / 0.94° |
| Position angle of the axis | 343.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 256.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.