The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, March 16, 2134
Waning Gibbous
59.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 25°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
1:55 AM
11:15 AM
25°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 59.6%
- Age
- 20.6 days
- Distance
- 390,100 km
- Apparent size
- 30.6′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 2612
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 4.4° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 16, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 259.05° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 78.91° |
| Illuminated fraction | 59.62% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -7.4° / 243.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 53m / -24.89° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 254.94° / -2.33° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.24° / 3.70° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -71.95° / -1.22° |
| Position angle of the axis | 5.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 97.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.