The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, March 16, 2109
Full Moon
99.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 55°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:33 PM
7:25 AM
55°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.8%
- Age
- 14.9 days
- Distance
- 360,900 km
- Apparent size
- 33.1′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 2303
Events on this date
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Total lunar eclipse
The Moon passes fully into Earth's shadow and turns a dim copper red. It starts at 6:36 PM, is deepest at 8:18 PM and ends at 10:00 PM. Totality lasts from 7:39 PM to 8:57 PM. Partly visible from Columbus: the Moon is below the horizon for some of it.
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Full Moon
The whole disc is lit. The Moon rises around sunset and stays up all night.
Exact values
For Mar 16, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 175.14° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 4.86° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.82% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -43.1° / 331.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 27m / 3.36° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 171.10° / -0.18° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.17° / 0.98° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 1.63° / -0.06° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 282.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.