The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, March 21, 2109
Waning Gibbous
71.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 34°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:19 AM
10:54 AM
34°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 71.5%
- Age
- 19.9 days
- Distance
- 368,600 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 2303
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 | 244.50° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 64.48° |
| Illuminated fraction | 71.54% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -12.0° / 258.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 18m / -16.22° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 245.43° / 5.05° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.56° / -5.77° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -59.13° / -0.25° |
| Position angle of the axis | 10.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 98.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.