The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, March 16, 2144
Waxing Gibbous
87.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 59°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:31 PM
5:24 AM
59°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 87.4%
- Age
- 12.1 days
- Distance
- 367,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.5′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 2736
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 | 138.60° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 41.56° |
| Illuminated fraction | 87.41% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -37.0° / 19.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 04m / 11.42° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 135.08° / -5.10° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.86° / 7.27° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 35.01° / 0.99° |
| Position angle of the axis | 17.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 280.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.