The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, March 16, 2189
New Moon
0.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 42°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:54 AM
7:25 PM
42°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.3%
- Age
- 29.3 days
- Distance
- 397,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 3292
Events on this date
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Mercury at greatest elongation
18° from the Sun in the evening sky, its best showing after sunset.
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New Moon
The Moon passes between Earth and the Sun and cannot be seen. These are the darkest nights of the month.
Exact values
For Mar 16, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 355.96° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 173.72° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.30% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 37.3° / 150.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 40m / -7.36° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 352.52° / -4.78° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.92° / 7.00° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -172.07° / -1.44° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 12.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.