The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, March 16, 2057
Waxing Gibbous
79.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 70°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
3:06 PM
5:20 AM
70°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 79.6%
- Age
- 11.2 days
- Distance
- 393,600 km
- Apparent size
- 30.4′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 1660
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 | 126.22° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 53.68° |
| Illuminated fraction | 79.61% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -24.2° / 26.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 22m / 21.50° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 122.78° / 2.02° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.96° / -1.96° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 48.24° / -1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 14.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 284.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.