The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, March 16, 2108
Waxing Crescent
13.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 62°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:40 AM
11:32 PM
62°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 13.6%
- Age
- 3.9 days
- Distance
- 399,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 2291
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 | 43.08° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 136.76° |
| Illuminated fraction | 13.58% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 25.1° / 95.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 31m / 12.21° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 39.28° / -2.49° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.29° / 3.88° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 131.16° / 0.45° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 255.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.