The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, March 21, 2093
Waning Crescent
33.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 28°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
3:59 AM
1:52 PM
28°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 33.7%
- Age
- 24.0 days
- Distance
- 369,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 2105
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 369,800 km.
Exact values
For Mar 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 289.18° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 109.04° |
| Illuminated fraction | 33.69% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 15.7° / 223.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 30m / -20.71° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 290.99° / 1.09° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.16° / -0.69° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -108.59° / -1.32° |
| Position angle of the axis | 350.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 81.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.