The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, March 16, 2080
Waning Crescent
21.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 24°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
5:34 AM
2:49 PM
24°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 21.6%
- Age
- 24.8 days
- Distance
- 403,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 1944
Events on this date
-
Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 4.3° apart in the sky.
-
Jupiter, Moon, Saturn, and Uranus gathered
All within 7.7° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 16, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 304.87° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 124.59° |
| Illuminated fraction | 21.61% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 20.0° / 206.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 21m / -24.58° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 301.86° / -4.97° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.67° / 7.17° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -125.98° / -0.45° |
| Position angle of the axis | 347.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 72.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.