The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, March 16, 2085
Waning Gibbous
74.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 27°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
12:21 AM
10:02 AM
27°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 74.7%
- Age
- 20.4 days
- Distance
- 382,900 km
- Apparent size
- 31.2′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 2006
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 | 240.41° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 60.33° |
| Illuminated fraction | 74.75% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -20.5° / 256.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 36m / -22.68° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 237.18° / -3.24° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.50° / 4.94° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -66.30° / 1.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 14.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 106.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.