The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, March 16, 2092
First Quarter
53.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 69°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
12:47 PM
2:42 AM
69°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 53.3%
- Age
- 8.4 days
- Distance
- 400,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Orion
- Lunation number
- 2093
Events on this date
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First Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon is high at sunset and sets around midnight.
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 3.3° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 16, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 93.62° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 86.23° |
| Illuminated fraction | 53.29% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -7.9° / 56.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 03m / 19.31° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 90.71° / -4.11° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.82° / 5.99° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 81.67° / -0.88° |
| Position angle of the axis | 1.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 270.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.