The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, March 21, 2054
Waxing Gibbous
94.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:37 PM
6:17 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 94.1%
- Age
- 12.1 days
- Distance
- 362,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.9′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 1623
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 362,800 km.
Exact values
For Mar 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 151.88° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 28.05° |
| Illuminated fraction | 94.12% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -40.4° / 1.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 20m / 9.99° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 153.15° / -0.39° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.74° / 1.15° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 28.45° / -0.65° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 289.1° |
| 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.