The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, March 21, 2017
Waning Crescent
40.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
3:16 AM
1:22 PM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 40.6%
- Age
- 23.0 days
- Distance
- 399,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1165
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 | 281.07° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 100.89° |
| Illuminated fraction | 40.55% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 12.2° / 231.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 52m / -18.83° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 282.30° / 4.06° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.17° / -4.64° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -105.54° / -0.76° |
| Position angle of the axis | 354.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 85.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.