The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, March 16, 2061
Waning Crescent
28.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 22°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
5:03 AM
1:59 PM
22°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 28.2%
- Age
- 24.4 days
- Distance
- 392,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.5′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1709
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 | 296.16° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 115.90° |
| Illuminated fraction | 28.16% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 14.5° / 213.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 42m / -26.68° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 292.74° / -5.24° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.70° / 7.51° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -122.17° / -0.65° |
| Position angle of the axis | 350.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 77.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.