The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, March 21, 2081
Waxing Gibbous
84.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 67°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
3:50 PM
5:46 AM
67°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 84.3%
- Age
- 11.0 days
- Distance
- 363,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.9′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 1957
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 | 133.27° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 46.72° |
| Illuminated fraction | 84.28% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -28.5° / 19.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 14m / 19.54° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 134.99° / 3.36° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.83° / -3.58° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 43.24° / 0.19° |
| Position angle of the axis | 16.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 289.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.