The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, March 16, 2131
Waning Gibbous
93.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 46°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:20 PM
9:17 AM
46°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 93.2%
- Age
- 17.1 days
- Distance
- 406,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2575
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 406,000 km.
Exact values
For Mar 16, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 209.94° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 30.24° |
| Illuminated fraction | 93.20% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -30.3° / 290.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 42m / -5.23° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 205.57° / 4.99° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.41° / -5.86° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -30.97° / -1.48° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 103.7° |
| 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.