The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, March 16, 2096
Waning Gibbous
55.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 25°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
2:16 AM
11:37 AM
25°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 55.9%
- Age
- 21.7 days
- Distance
- 399,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 2142
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 | 263.35° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 83.20° |
| Illuminated fraction | 55.92% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -3.8° / 240.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 18m / -24.61° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 260.45° / -1.53° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.19° / 2.59° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -88.70° / -1.43° |
| Position angle of the axis | 2.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 94.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.