The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, March 23, 2021
Waxing Gibbous
70.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 73°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
2:02 PM
4:38 AM
73°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 70.1%
- Age
- 10.2 days
- Distance
- 388,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.8′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 1215
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Mar 23, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 113.56° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 66.35° |
| Illuminated fraction | 70.06% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -16.7° / 36.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 58m / 24.20° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 116.81° / 3.47° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.64° / -3.84° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 59.13° / -1.48° |
| Position angle of the axis | 12.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 282.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.