The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, March 16, 2089
Waxing Crescent
19.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 65°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
10:06 AM
65°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 19.2%
- Age
- 4.3 days
- Distance
- 379,500 km
- Apparent size
- 31.5′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 2056
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 1.1° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 16, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 51.87° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 127.97° |
| Illuminated fraction | 19.24% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 20.0° / 87.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 08m / 14.82° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 48.68° / -2.65° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.79° / 4.10° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 122.78° / 0.62° |
| Position angle of the axis | 343.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 257.1° |
| 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.