The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, March 16, 2155
Waxing Gibbous
93.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:17 PM
6:44 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 93.7%
- Age
- 13.1 days
- Distance
- 395,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 2872
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 0.9° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 16, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 151.02° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 29.05° |
| Illuminated fraction | 93.71% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -34.9° / 1.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 01m / 15.47° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 146.84° / 3.10° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.81° / -3.34° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 24.76° / -0.24° |
| Position angle of the axis | 18.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 294.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.