The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, March 16, 2175
Waning Crescent
40.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 21°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
3:55 AM
12:42 PM
21°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 40.7%
- Age
- 23.5 days
- Distance
- 385,600 km
- Apparent size
- 31.0′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 3119
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 | 280.86° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 100.68° |
| Illuminated fraction | 40.73% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 5.2° / 225.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 31m / -27.82° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 276.83° / -4.58° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -8.27° / 6.65° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -108.45° / 0.50° |
| Position angle of the axis | 357.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 86.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.