The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, March 21, 2090
Waning Gibbous
63.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
1:14 AM
11:33 AM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 63.1%
- Age
- 20.3 days
- Distance
- 386,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.9′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 2068
Events on this date
-
Mercury at greatest elongation
19° from the Sun in the evening sky, its best showing after sunset.
-
Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 4.5° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 254.86° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 74.78° |
| Illuminated fraction | 63.12% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -4.8° / 250.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 03m / -17.60° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 256.40° / 5.15° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.54° / -5.99° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -67.50° / -0.08° |
| Position angle of the axis | 6.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 94.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.