The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, March 16, 2103
Waxing Gibbous
60.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 73°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
1:02 PM
3:42 AM
73°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 60.3%
- Age
- 8.0 days
- Distance
- 399,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 2229
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 | 101.71° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 78.14° |
| Illuminated fraction | 60.28% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -9.4° / 47.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 31m / 24.38° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 97.14° / 1.14° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.10° / -0.75° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 83.62° / 1.42° |
| Position angle of the axis | 1.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 273.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.