The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, March 21, 2016
Waxing Gibbous
96.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 58°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:16 PM
6:37 AM
58°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 96.9%
- Age
- 12.6 days
- Distance
- 401,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Sextans
- Lunation number
- 1153
Events on this date
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Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 2.0° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 159.84° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 20.13° |
| Illuminated fraction | 96.95% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -43.6° / 352.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 50m / 6.42° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 161.32° / -0.97° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.03° / 1.84° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 23.90° / -0.29° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 287.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.