The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, March 16, 2121
Waning Crescent
8.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 37°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:09 AM
5:09 PM
37°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 8.0%
- Age
- 27.1 days
- Distance
- 360,100 km
- Apparent size
- 33.2′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 2451
Events on this date
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Moon and Venus close together
They pass 4.6° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 16, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 327.35° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 147.23° |
| Illuminated fraction | 7.96% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 37.0° / 187.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 40m / -11.96° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 323.40° / 1.85° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.44° / -1.68° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -150.35° / 1.23° |
| Position angle of the axis | 342.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 72.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.