The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, March 16, 2116
Waxing Crescent
4.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 57°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:48 AM
10:02 PM
57°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 4.6%
- Age
- 2.2 days
- Distance
- 393,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.4′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 2390
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 1.2° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 16, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 24.78° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 155.12° |
| Illuminated fraction | 4.64% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 34.9° / 113.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 20m / 7.00° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 21.05° / -1.31° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.96° / 2.47° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 149.84° / -1.05° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 252.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.