The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, March 16, 2125
Waxing Gibbous
87.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 59°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:32 PM
5:25 AM
59°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 87.5%
- Age
- 11.4 days
- Distance
- 362,000 km
- Apparent size
- 33.0′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 2501
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 | 138.70° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 41.47° |
| Illuminated fraction | 87.46% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -37.0° / 19.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 03m / 11.48° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 134.79° / -5.13° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.98° / 7.32° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 38.81° / 1.12° |
| Position angle of the axis | 16.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 280.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.