The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, March 16, 2183
Waning Gibbous
56.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
1:46 AM
12:04 PM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 56.6%
- Age
- 22.2 days
- Distance
- 383,500 km
- Apparent size
- 31.1′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 3218
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 | 262.48° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 82.36° |
| Illuminated fraction | 56.65% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 0.4° / 245.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 12m / -17.76° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 258.50° / 5.17° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -8.18° / -5.95° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -89.83° / 0.15° |
| Position angle of the axis | 5.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 94.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.