The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, March 16, 2106
Waxing Gibbous
88.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 59°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:39 PM
5:31 AM
59°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 88.4%
- Age
- 10.9 days
- Distance
- 372,900 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 2266
Events on this date
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Mercury at greatest elongation
28° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.
Exact values
For Mar 16, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 140.28° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 39.90° |
| Illuminated fraction | 88.36% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -37.6° / 17.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 08m / 11.18° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 135.97° / -5.09° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.37° / 7.27° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 42.62° / 1.26° |
| Position angle of the axis | 16.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 280.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.