The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, March 16, 2172
Waning Gibbous
58.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 23°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
2:07 AM
11:15 AM
23°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 58.0%
- Age
- 21.7 days
- Distance
- 369,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 3082
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 | 260.91° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 80.79° |
| Illuminated fraction | 58.00% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -7.1° / 240.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 05m / -26.48° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 257.60° / -3.66° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.44° / 5.40° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -79.56° / -0.92° |
| Position angle of the axis | 4.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 96.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.