The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, March 16, 2066
Waning Gibbous
73.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 27°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
12:26 AM
10:04 AM
27°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 73.7%
- Age
- 20.3 days
- Distance
- 369,200 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 1771
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 369,200 km.
Exact values
For Mar 16, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 241.76° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 61.70° |
| Illuminated fraction | 73.71% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -20.0° / 255.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 40m / -23.34° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 238.14° / -3.70° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.38° / 5.51° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -62.50° / 1.45° |
| Position angle of the axis | 14.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 105.9° |
| 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.