The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, March 16, 2069
Waning Crescent
44.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
2:56 AM
12:56 PM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 44.9%
- Age
- 23.0 days
- Distance
- 389,600 km
- Apparent size
- 30.7′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1808
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 | 276.06° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 95.89° |
| Illuminated fraction | 44.86% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 8.2° / 234.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 12m / -19.58° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 272.72° / 3.82° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -8.33° / -4.23° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -103.53° / 1.18° |
| Position angle of the axis | 0.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 89.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.