The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, March 16, 2160
Waxing Gibbous
62.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 71°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
1:23 PM
3:38 AM
71°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 62.0%
- Age
- 8.5 days
- Distance
- 369,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 2934
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 | 103.73° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 76.13° |
| Illuminated fraction | 61.98% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -12.7° / 47.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 45m / 21.81° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 100.34° / -1.21° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.32° / 2.29° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 72.21° / 1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 3.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 274.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.