The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, March 21, 2087
Waning Gibbous
94.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 38°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:22 PM
8:24 AM
38°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 94.8%
- Age
- 16.7 days
- Distance
- 405,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2031
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 | 206.44° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 26.48° |
| Illuminated fraction | 94.75% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -40.1° / 288.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 39m / -12.94° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 207.71° / -2.45° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.37° / 3.86° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -26.51° / 1.32° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 117.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.