The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, March 21, 2049
Waning Gibbous
94.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 37°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:28 PM
8:17 AM
37°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 94.7%
- Age
- 17.7 days
- Distance
- 380,700 km
- Apparent size
- 31.4′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1561
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 | 206.35° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 26.50° |
| Illuminated fraction | 94.75% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -41.2° / 287.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 38m / -13.97° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 207.83° / -3.51° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.05° / 5.26° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -31.09° / 1.48° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 119.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.