The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, March 21, 2008
Full Moon
99.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 49°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:59 PM
7:16 AM
49°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.9%
- Age
- 13.9 days
- Distance
- 394,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.3′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1054
Events on this date
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Full Moon
The whole disc is lit. The Moon rises around sunset and stays up all night.
Exact values
For Mar 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 178.71° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 3.08° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.93% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -47.8° / 325.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 56m / -2.63° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 180.13° / -2.80° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.93° / 4.32° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 5.31° / 0.93° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 224.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.