The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, March 21, 1986
Waxing Gibbous
78.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 72°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
1:48 PM
4:26 AM
72°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 78.1%
- Age
- 11.1 days
- Distance
- 390,100 km
- Apparent size
- 30.6′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 782
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Mar 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 124.17° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 55.86° |
| Illuminated fraction | 78.06% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -15.2° / 39.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 35m / 24.07° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 124.96° / 5.20° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.49° / -6.14° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 49.55° / -0.84° |
| Position angle of the axis | 14.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 287.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.