The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, March 21, 1989
Waxing Gibbous
99.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:20 PM
6:06 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.5%
- Age
- 13.9 days
- Distance
- 406,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 819
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 | 172.34° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 7.81° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.54% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -49.2° / 356.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 33m / 1.08° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 173.40° / -1.67° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.10° / 2.76° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 8.58° / 0.73° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 276.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.