The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, March 16, 2068
Waxing Gibbous
95.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:53 PM
6:14 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 95.2%
- Age
- 12.7 days
- Distance
- 406,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Sextans
- Lunation number
- 1796
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 406,400 km.
Exact values
For Mar 16, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 155.04° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 25.36° |
| Illuminated fraction | 95.18% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -44.3° / 359.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 09m / 6.08° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 151.95° / -5.02° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.22° / 7.19° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 25.89° / 1.49° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 278.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.