The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, March 21, 2063
Last Quarter
51.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 21°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
3:00 AM
11:41 AM
21°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 51.9%
- Age
- 21.3 days
- Distance
- 397,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1734
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For Mar 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 268.00° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 87.85° |
| Illuminated fraction | 51.87% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -2.9° / 234.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 56m / -28.49° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 269.08° / -5.06° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.93° / 7.22° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -82.33° / 0.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 1.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 91.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.