The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, March 21, 1997
Waxing Gibbous
94.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 56°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:38 PM
5:12 AM
56°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 94.5%
- Age
- 12.7 days
- Distance
- 405,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 918
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 | 152.82° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 27.20° |
| Illuminated fraction | 94.47% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -40.1° / 21.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 20m / 7.99° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 153.94° / -2.23° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.55° / 3.42° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 27.16° / -0.05° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 285.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.