The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, March 22, 2021
Waxing Gibbous
60.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 75°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
1:03 PM
3:48 AM
75°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 60.4%
- Age
- 9.2 days
- Distance
- 393,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.3′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 1215
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Mar 22, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 101.91° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 77.95° |
| Illuminated fraction | 60.44% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -9.3° / 45.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 03m / 25.25° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 104.17° / 2.58° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.06° / -2.68° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 71.30° / -1.49° |
| Position angle of the axis | 7.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 276.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.