The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, March 21, 2005
Waxing Gibbous
83.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 69°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
2:36 PM
4:53 AM
69°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 83.8%
- Age
- 11.3 days
- Distance
- 403,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 1017
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 | 132.60° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 47.48° |
| Illuminated fraction | 83.80% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -21.5° / 33.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 11m / 21.37° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 133.78° / 4.89° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.89° / -5.78° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 45.76° / -0.64° |
| Position angle of the axis | 16.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 291.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.