The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, March 21, 2072
Waxing Crescent
3.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 56°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:35 AM
9:41 PM
56°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 3.2%
- Age
- 1.8 days
- Distance
- 396,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1846
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 | 20.49° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 159.25° |
| Illuminated fraction | 3.24% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 36.7° / 118.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 27m / 5.99° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 22.39° / -2.93° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.98° / 4.48° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 154.28° / -0.34° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 257.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.