The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, March 21, 2052
Waning Gibbous
68.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
12:49 AM
11:06 AM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 68.2%
- Age
- 20.3 days
- Distance
- 403,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 1598
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 | 248.76° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 68.69° |
| Illuminated fraction | 68.17% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -9.5° / 254.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 38m / -17.66° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 250.51° / 4.40° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.12° / -5.03° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -72.07° / 0.35° |
| Position angle of the axis | 9.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 96.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.