The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, March 16, 2098
Waxing Gibbous
99.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 60°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:08 PM
7:33 AM
60°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.3%
- Age
- 13.5 days
- Distance
- 365,600 km
- Apparent size
- 32.7′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 2167
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 2.7° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 16, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 171.16° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 9.34° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.34% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -39.9° / 336.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 20m / 7.68° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 167.78° / 3.10° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.18° / -3.25° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 11.88° / -0.73° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 307.9° |
| 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.