The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, March 21, 2060
Waning Gibbous
82.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
9:33 AM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 82.9%
- Age
- 19.0 days
- Distance
- 402,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 1697
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 | 228.91° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 48.80° |
| Illuminated fraction | 82.93% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -26.7° / 266.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 12m / -18.99° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 230.71° / -1.10° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.24° / 1.98° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -53.47° / -0.98° |
| Position angle of the axis | 14.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 107.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.