The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, March 16, 2064
Waning Crescent
1.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 44°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:57 AM
6:37 PM
44°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 1.8%
- Age
- 28.4 days
- Distance
- 406,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 1746
Events on this date
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Moon and Venus close together
They pass 2.6° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 16, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 344.80° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 164.68° |
| Illuminated fraction | 1.78% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 42.6° / 165.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 50m / -5.77° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 341.67° / 1.53° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.29° / -1.38° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -163.33° / 0.87° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 70.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.