The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, March 16, 2177
Waning Gibbous
95.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 38°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:18 PM
8:15 AM
38°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 95.1%
- Age
- 16.0 days
- Distance
- 385,600 km
- Apparent size
- 31.0′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 3144
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 | 205.13° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 25.53° |
| Illuminated fraction | 95.12% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -41.7° / 290.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 12m / -13.09° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 201.60° / -5.04° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.78° / 7.22° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -19.98° / 1.35° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 124.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.