The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, March 21, 2038
Waning Gibbous
99.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 53°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:41 PM
8:14 AM
53°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.3%
- Age
- 15.7 days
- Distance
- 357,400 km
- Apparent size
- 33.4′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1425
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 357,400 km.
Exact values
For Mar 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 188.25° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 9.60° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.30% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -39.0° / 313.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 42m / 0.86° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 189.38° / 4.98° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.64° / -5.71° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -8.72° / -1.47° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 85.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.