The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, March 16, 2170
Waning Crescent
1.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 39°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:38 AM
6:46 PM
39°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 1.2%
- Age
- 28.7 days
- Distance
- 406,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 3057
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 406,700 km.
Exact values
For Mar 16, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 348.76° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 167.68° |
| Illuminated fraction | 1.15% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 36.5° / 159.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 12m / -10.53° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 344.93° / -4.99° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.40° / 7.29° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -168.25° / -1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 40.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.