The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, March 16, 2188
Waning Gibbous
83.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 38°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:56 AM
38°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 83.4%
- Age
- 18.4 days
- Distance
- 365,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.7′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 3280
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 | 228.15° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 48.13° |
| Illuminated fraction | 83.37% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -23.0° / 271.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 54m / -13.24° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 224.96° / 3.21° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.23° / -3.43° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -42.35° / -1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 15.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 104.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.