The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, March 21, 2059
Waxing Gibbous
56.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 76°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
12:38 PM
3:34 AM
76°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 56.9%
- Age
- 7.7 days
- Distance
- 397,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 1685
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 | 97.81° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 82.06° |
| Illuminated fraction | 56.91% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -5.7° / 48.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 40m / 26.44° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 98.86° / 3.31° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.60° / -3.68° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 88.08° / -1.33° |
| Position angle of the axis | 5.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 274.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.