The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, March 16, 2141
Waxing Gibbous
64.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 71°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
1:36 PM
3:53 AM
71°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 64.5%
- Age
- 8.1 days
- Distance
- 373,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 2699
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 | 106.72° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 73.15° |
| Illuminated fraction | 64.50% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -14.3° / 44.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 56m / 22.04° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 102.93° / -0.76° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.46° / 1.73° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 76.01° / 1.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 4.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 275.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.