The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, March 16, 2198
Waxing Gibbous
56.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 71°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
12:56 PM
3:09 AM
71°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 56.6%
- Age
- 8.8 days
- Distance
- 397,500 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Orion
- Lunation number
- 3404
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 | 97.39° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 82.46° |
| Illuminated fraction | 56.56% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -8.9° / 52.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 16m / 21.37° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 93.79° / -1.99° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.15° / 3.24° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 76.77° / 1.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 0.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 271.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.