The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, March 16, 2186
Waning Crescent
18.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
5:19 AM
3:22 PM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 18.9%
- Age
- 25.2 days
- Distance
- 401,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 3255
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 | 308.57° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 128.44° |
| Illuminated fraction | 18.91% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 26.0° / 205.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 29m / -19.01° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 304.86° / 0.02° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.94° / 0.66° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -130.92° / -1.23° |
| Position angle of the axis | 344.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 75.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.