The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, March 21, 2103
Waxing Gibbous
95.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:00 PM
6:18 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 95.6%
- Age
- 13.0 days
- Distance
- 404,800 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Sextans
- Lunation number
- 2229
Events on this date
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March equinox
Day and night are nearly equal. Spring begins in the northern hemisphere and autumn in the southern.
Exact values
For Mar 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 156.01° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 24.19° |
| Illuminated fraction | 95.61% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -44.6° / 358.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 27m / 5.74° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 156.42° / -3.67° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.99° / 5.42° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 22.79° / 1.50° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 281.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.