The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, March 16, 2147
Waxing Gibbous
99.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 57°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:04 PM
7:21 AM
57°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.4%
- Age
- 14.4 days
- Distance
- 401,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 2773
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 | 170.77° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 9.23° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.35% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -41.8° / 337.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 11m / 5.98° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 166.52° / 0.72° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.97° / -0.27° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 6.17° / -0.46° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 293.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.