The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, March 16, 2158
Waning Gibbous
97.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 42°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:37 PM
8:01 AM
42°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 97.4%
- Age
- 15.8 days
- Distance
- 402,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2909
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 | 198.08° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 18.61° |
| Illuminated fraction | 97.38% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -43.9° / 299.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 45m / -9.93° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 194.16° / -4.72° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.58° / 6.80° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -16.18° / 1.24° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 129.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.