The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, March 16, 2058
Waning Gibbous
61.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 28°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
1:33 AM
11:21 AM
28°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 61.3%
- Age
- 21.7 days
- Distance
- 373,900 km
- Apparent size
- 31.9′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 1672
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 | 257.12° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 76.98° |
| Illuminated fraction | 61.26% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -6.6° / 246.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 48m / -21.94° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 253.44° / 0.47° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.78° / 0.06° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -81.11° / -1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 5.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 97.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.