The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, March 21, 2047
Waning Crescent
20.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:03 AM
3:18 PM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 20.8%
- Age
- 24.9 days
- Distance
- 392,200 km
- Apparent size
- 30.5′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 1536
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 | 305.92° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 125.79° |
| Illuminated fraction | 20.76% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 26.5° / 209.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 36m / -17.36° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 306.89° / 1.22° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.68° / -0.99° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -119.61° / 1.45° |
| Position angle of the axis | 347.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 76.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.