The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, March 16, 2122
Waxing Gibbous
64.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 72°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
1:33 PM
3:58 AM
72°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 64.7%
- Age
- 8.0 days
- Distance
- 386,600 km
- Apparent size
- 30.9′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 2464
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 0.4° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 16, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 106.93° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 72.92° |
| Illuminated fraction | 64.68% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -13.8° / 44.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 55m / 22.77° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 102.75° / -0.04° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.48° / 0.81° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 79.81° / 1.48° |
| Position angle of the axis | 4.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 275.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.