The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, March 16, 2110
Waning Crescent
16.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 33°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:19 AM
3:48 PM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 16.5%
- Age
- 25.7 days
- Distance
- 377,400 km
- Apparent size
- 31.7′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 2315
Events on this date
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Moon and Venus close together
They pass 0.9° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 16, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 312.22° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 132.07° |
| Illuminated fraction | 16.50% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 29.9° / 203.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 39m / -15.99° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 307.94° / 2.36° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.83° / -2.30° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -127.88° / -0.61° |
| Position angle of the axis | 344.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 76.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.