The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, March 21, 1995
Waning Gibbous
73.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
9:29 AM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 73.7%
- Age
- 20.2 days
- Distance
- 367,600 km
- Apparent size
- 32.5′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 893
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 | 241.80° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 61.70° |
| Illuminated fraction | 73.70% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -27.2° / 267.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 03m / -18.37° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 242.42° / 2.32° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.16° / -2.29° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -61.18° / 0.91° |
| Position angle of the axis | 12.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 100.5° |
| 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.