The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, March 21, 2026
Waxing Crescent
9.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
8:37 AM
11:17 PM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 9.0%
- Age
- 2.6 days
- Distance
- 367,200 km
- Apparent size
- 32.5′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 1277
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 | 34.62° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 145.06° |
| Illuminated fraction | 9.01% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 36.5° / 98.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 07m / 17.54° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 35.67° / 4.38° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.68° / -4.99° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 143.23° / 0.57° |
| Position angle of the axis | 341.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 245.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.