The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, March 16, 2087
Waxing Gibbous
93.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:31 PM
6:02 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 93.4%
- Age
- 11.7 days
- Distance
- 395,100 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 2031
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 | 150.65° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 29.67° |
| Illuminated fraction | 93.45% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -42.5° / 5.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 50m / 7.76° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 146.95° / -5.06° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.26° / 7.24° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 34.26° / 1.38° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 279.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.