The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, March 21, 1987
Waning Gibbous
61.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 22°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
12:55 AM
9:52 AM
22°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 61.2%
- Age
- 21.7 days
- Distance
- 371,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.1′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 794
Events on this date
-
Moon, Saturn, and Uranus gathered
All within 6.6° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 257.20° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 77.11° |
| Illuminated fraction | 61.15% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -21.0° / 250.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 05m / -27.68° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 257.75° / -4.83° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.52° / 6.79° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -79.82° / -0.30° |
| Position angle of the axis | 5.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 97.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.