The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, March 16, 2101
Waning Gibbous
98.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 45°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:15 PM
7:56 AM
45°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.6%
- Age
- 16.6 days
- Distance
- 368,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2204
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 | 193.37° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 13.75° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.57% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -44.1° / 306.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 29m / -6.79° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 189.28° / -3.39° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.89° / 5.06° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -16.96° / 0.71° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 130.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.