The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, March 16, 2161
Waning Gibbous
71.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 29°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
12:34 AM
10:31 AM
29°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 71.5%
- Age
- 19.5 days
- Distance
- 377,300 km
- Apparent size
- 31.7′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 2946
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 | 244.71° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 64.58° |
| Illuminated fraction | 71.46% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -15.6° / 255.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 55m / -20.78° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 241.07° / -0.44° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.87° / 1.29° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -57.14° / 1.43° |
| Position angle of the axis | 13.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 102.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.