The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, March 16, 2137
Waning Crescent
29.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 23°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
4:53 AM
1:54 PM
23°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 29.3%
- Age
- 24.4 days
- Distance
- 370,600 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 2649
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 4.8° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 16, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 294.65° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 114.43° |
| Illuminated fraction | 29.32% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 13.9° / 214.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 33m / -26.36° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 290.82° / -4.61° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.97° / 6.68° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -113.04° / 0.15° |
| Position angle of the axis | 351.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 78.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.