The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, March 16, 2104
Waning Gibbous
80.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
9:39 AM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 80.3%
- Age
- 19.4 days
- Distance
- 401,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 2241
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 | 232.75° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 52.70° |
| Illuminated fraction | 80.30% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -25.3° / 263.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 02m / -20.57° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 228.93° / -3.25° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.71° / 4.95° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -57.92° / 1.56° |
| Position angle of the axis | 17.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 109.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.