The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, March 21, 2050
Waning Crescent
2.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 47°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:22 AM
6:30 PM
47°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 2.9%
- Age
- 28.0 days
- Distance
- 359,600 km
- Apparent size
- 33.2′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 1573
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 359,600 km.
Exact values
For Mar 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 340.84° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 160.22° |
| Illuminated fraction | 2.95% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 46.5° / 172.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 47m / -2.59° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 342.07° / 4.80° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.10° / -5.56° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -160.74° / 1.18° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 79.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.