The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, March 21, 2098
Waning Gibbous
78.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 28°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
9:43 AM
28°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 78.8%
- Age
- 18.5 days
- Distance
- 389,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.7′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 2167
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 | 234.85° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 54.78° |
| Illuminated fraction | 78.84% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -24.3° / 260.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 34m / -22.08° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 236.44° / -2.81° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.19° / 4.27° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -48.89° / -0.59° |
| Position angle of the axis | 12.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 106.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.