The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, March 21, 2043
Waxing Gibbous
85.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
3:53 PM
5:57 AM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 85.2%
- Age
- 10.3 days
- Distance
- 388,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.7′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 1487
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 3.6° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 134.80° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 45.25° |
| Illuminated fraction | 85.20% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -28.3° / 17.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 18m / 20.14° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 135.74° / 4.22° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.29° / -4.74° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 50.88° / -0.21° |
| Position angle of the axis | 16.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 291.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.