The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, March 16, 2063
Waning Gibbous
94.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 40°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:28 PM
8:29 AM
40°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 94.5%
- Age
- 16.3 days
- Distance
- 369,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1734
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 | 207.00° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 27.13° |
| Illuminated fraction | 94.50% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -39.3° / 288.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 20m / -12.14° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 203.11° / -3.40° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.01° / 5.09° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -21.51° / 0.39° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 120.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.