The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, March 16, 2052
Waning Gibbous
98.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 46°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:09 PM
8:11 AM
46°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.5%
- Age
- 15.3 days
- Distance
- 399,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1598
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 | 194.16° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 14.13° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.49% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -41.2° / 305.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 40m / -4.61° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 190.94° / -0.31° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.71° / 1.06° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -11.26° / 0.47° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 117.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.