The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, March 21, 2111
Waxing Gibbous
85.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 64°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:07 PM
5:38 AM
64°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 85.9%
- Age
- 11.7 days
- Distance
- 400,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 2328
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 | 135.85° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 44.04° |
| Illuminated fraction | 85.94% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -32.2° / 19.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 15m / 16.01° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 136.30° / 0.08° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.24° / 0.51° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 41.36° / -1.12° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 286.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.