The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, March 16, 2167
Waning Crescent
24.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
4:43 AM
2:44 PM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 24.7%
- Age
- 24.8 days
- Distance
- 387,900 km
- Apparent size
- 30.8′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 3020
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 1.2° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 16, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 300.49° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 120.35° |
| Illuminated fraction | 24.74% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 22.3° / 213.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 52m / -19.44° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 296.38° / 1.44° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.25° / -1.19° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -127.11° / -1.07° |
| Position angle of the axis | 347.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 79.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.