The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, March 21, 2057
Waning Gibbous
99.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 52°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:40 PM
8:14 AM
52°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.3%
- Age
- 16.2 days
- Distance
- 370,600 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1660
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 | 188.38° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 9.73° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.28% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -39.0° / 313.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 44m / 0.68° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 189.91° / 5.01° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.30° / -5.79° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -12.52° / -1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 85.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.