The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, March 21, 1992
Waning Gibbous
88.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
10:34 PM
7:46 AM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 88.9%
- Age
- 17.2 days
- Distance
- 379,300 km
- Apparent size
- 31.5′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 856
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 | 218.75° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 38.85° |
| Illuminated fraction | 88.94% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -46.5° / 285.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 25m / -18.76° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 220.09° / -4.13° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.04° / 5.95° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -32.36° / 1.54° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 114.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.