The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, March 21, 2044
Last Quarter
50.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 21°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
3:09 AM
11:48 AM
21°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 50.5%
- Age
- 21.8 days
- Distance
- 404,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1499
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For Mar 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 269.60° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 89.45° |
| Illuminated fraction | 50.48% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -1.8° / 233.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 06m / -28.60° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 271.29° / -5.17° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.85° / 7.37° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -90.70° / 0.33° |
| Position angle of the axis | 360.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 89.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.