The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, March 16, 2136
Waxing Gibbous
96.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:57 PM
7:00 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 96.3%
- Age
- 13.8 days
- Distance
- 371,300 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 2637
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 | 157.88° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 22.27° |
| Illuminated fraction | 96.27% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -37.4° / 353.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 29m / 12.79° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 154.30° / 3.08° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.37° / -3.26° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 16.42° / -0.42° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 297.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.