The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, March 16, 2142
Waning Gibbous
75.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 29°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
12:09 AM
10:06 AM
29°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 75.8%
- Age
- 18.8 days
- Distance
- 392,500 km
- Apparent size
- 30.4′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 2711
Events on this date
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 2.4° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 16, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 238.99° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 58.87° |
| Illuminated fraction | 75.85% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -20.1° / 259.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 29m / -20.58° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 234.95° / -1.64° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.03° / 2.82° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -53.34° / 1.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 15.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 105.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.