The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, March 16, 2094
New Moon
0.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 44°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:03 AM
7:51 PM
44°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.2%
- Age
- 0.0 days
- Distance
- 362,200 km
- Apparent size
- 33.0′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 2118
Events on this date
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New Moon
The Moon passes between Earth and the Sun and cannot be seen. These are the darkest nights of the month.
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 4.1° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 16, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 0.15° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 175.18° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.18% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 37.2° / 144.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 56m / -5.71° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 356.74° / -4.81° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.73° / 7.08° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -177.43° / -1.45° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 334.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.