The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, March 21, 2091
Waxing Crescent
2.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 54°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:26 AM
9:18 PM
54°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 2.1%
- Age
- 1.5 days
- Distance
- 406,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 2081
Events on this date
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Mercury at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 406,400 km.
Exact values
For Mar 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 16.34° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 163.33° |
| Illuminated fraction | 2.10% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 37.8° / 123.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 10m / 4.07° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 17.65° / -3.09° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.78° / 4.71° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 162.69° / -0.55° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 260.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.