The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, March 16, 2153
Waning Gibbous
56.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 24°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
2:15 AM
11:25 AM
24°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 56.6%
- Age
- 21.3 days
- Distance
- 376,600 km
- Apparent size
- 31.7′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 2847
Events on this date
-
Venus at its brightest
Shines at magnitude -4.8, as bright as it gets this time around.
-
Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 3.3° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 16, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 262.58° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 82.44° |
| Illuminated fraction | 56.58% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -5.7° / 240.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 10m / -26.17° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 258.86° / -3.22° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.92° / 4.86° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -75.76° / -1.07° |
| Position angle of the axis | 4.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 95.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.