The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, March 21, 2006
Waning Gibbous
61.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 22°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
12:55 AM
9:48 AM
22°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 61.8%
- Age
- 21.7 days
- Distance
- 384,000 km
- Apparent size
- 31.1′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 1029
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 | 256.50° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 76.41° |
| Illuminated fraction | 61.75% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -21.6° / 250.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 03m / -27.89° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 257.44° / -5.07° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -8.00° / 7.09° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -83.63° / -0.11° |
| Position angle of the axis | 5.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 97.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.