The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, March 16, 2129
Waning Crescent
17.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:14 AM
3:38 PM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 17.7%
- Age
- 25.8 days
- Distance
- 365,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.7′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 2550
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 | 310.45° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 130.31° |
| Illuminated fraction | 17.65% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 28.5° / 205.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 34m / -16.82° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 306.55° / 1.85° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.81° / -1.64° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -131.70° / -0.77° |
| Position angle of the axis | 344.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 76.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.