The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, March 16, 2081
Waxing Crescent
32.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 77°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
10:23 AM
1:08 AM
77°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 32.0%
- Age
- 6.0 days
- Distance
- 385,600 km
- Apparent size
- 31.0′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 1957
Events on this date
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Mercury and Jupiter close together
They pass 1.4° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 16, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 68.64° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 111.13° |
| Illuminated fraction | 31.97% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 15.2° / 69.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 10m / 26.12° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 65.39° / 5.01° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.52° / -5.79° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 104.12° / 0.02° |
| Position angle of the axis | 350.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 258.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.