The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, March 21, 2097
Waxing Gibbous
59.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 77°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
12:52 PM
3:53 AM
77°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 59.9%
- Age
- 7.8 days
- Distance
- 371,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 2155
Events on this date
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Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 4.1° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 101.32° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 78.57° |
| Illuminated fraction | 59.91% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -7.5° / 45.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 59m / 27.23° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 103.16° / 4.47° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.56° / -5.08° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 80.49° / -1.04° |
| Position angle of the axis | 6.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 276.9° |
| 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.