The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, March 16, 2070
Waxing Crescent
20.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 66°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
10:09 AM
66°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 20.4%
- Age
- 4.0 days
- Distance
- 366,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.6′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 1821
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 | 53.59° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 126.27° |
| Illuminated fraction | 20.42% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 19.3° / 86.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 13m / 15.66° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 50.00° / -2.15° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.79° / 3.49° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 126.60° / 0.79° |
| Position angle of the axis | 343.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 256.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.