The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, March 16, 2171
Waxing Gibbous
67.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 76°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
1:33 PM
4:30 AM
76°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 67.4%
- Age
- 10.0 days
- Distance
- 386,400 km
- Apparent size
- 30.9′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 3070
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 | 110.33° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 69.59° |
| Illuminated fraction | 67.44% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -12.8° / 38.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 13m / 26.53° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 106.26° / 4.13° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.06° / -4.65° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 61.96° / -1.33° |
| Position angle of the axis | 8.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 278.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.