The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, March 16, 2120
Waning Gibbous
98.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 43°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:24 PM
7:58 AM
43°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.1%
- Age
- 16.8 days
- Distance
- 388,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.7′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2439
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 | 195.49° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 15.94° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.08% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -44.2° / 302.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 37m / -8.34° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 191.79° / -4.00° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.60° / 5.83° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -20.77° / 0.90° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 129.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.