The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, March 21, 2071
Waning Gibbous
69.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 33°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
12:40 AM
11:02 AM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 69.4%
- Age
- 19.6 days
- Distance
- 399,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 1833
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 | 247.28° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 67.22° |
| Illuminated fraction | 69.36% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -10.4° / 256.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 30m / -17.12° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 248.42° / 4.64° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.77° / -5.35° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -63.70° / 0.14° |
| Position angle of the axis | 9.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 97.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.