The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, March 21, 2069
Waning Crescent
3.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 47°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:21 AM
6:28 PM
47°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 3.0%
- Age
- 28.0 days
- Distance
- 361,400 km
- Apparent size
- 33.1′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 1808
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 | 340.48° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 159.92° |
| Illuminated fraction | 3.04% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 46.3° / 172.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 47m / -2.79° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 342.11° / 4.57° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.26° / -5.28° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -164.54° / 1.06° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 78.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.