The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, March 16, 2090
Waning Gibbous
99.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 49°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:48 PM
8:02 AM
49°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.3%
- Age
- 15.3 days
- Distance
- 359,800 km
- Apparent size
- 33.2′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2068
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 | 189.55° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 9.54° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.31% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -41.4° / 312.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 23m / -1.90° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 186.11° / 0.57° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.67° / 0.00° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -6.71° / 0.08° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 114.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.