The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, March 21, 2009
Waning Crescent
23.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 29°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
4:58 AM
2:51 PM
29°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 23.8%
- Age
- 24.6 days
- Distance
- 401,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 1066
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 | 301.76° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 121.63° |
| Illuminated fraction | 23.78% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 22.7° / 211.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 21m / -19.95° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 302.94° / -0.46° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.04° / 1.25° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -124.20° / 1.26° |
| Position angle of the axis | 348.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 76.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.