The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, March 16, 2075
New Moon
0.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 43°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:58 AM
7:39 PM
43°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.2%
- Age
- 29.4 days
- Distance
- 381,500 km
- Apparent size
- 31.3′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 1882
Events on this date
-
Moon and Mars close together
They pass 3.6° apart in the sky.
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New Moon
The Moon passes between Earth and the Sun and cannot be seen. These are the darkest nights of the month.
Exact values
For Mar 16, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 358.23° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 175.15° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.18% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 37.4° / 147.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 47m / -6.34° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 354.42° / -4.50° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.56° / 6.66° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -173.62° / -1.41° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 355.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.