The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, March 21, 2117
Waning Gibbous
84.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
9:18 AM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 84.3%
- Age
- 18.2 days
- Distance
- 367,900 km
- Apparent size
- 32.5′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 2402
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 | 226.67° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 46.63° |
| Illuminated fraction | 84.34% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -29.3° / 267.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 58m / -19.69° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 227.67° / -2.71° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.41° / 4.15° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -40.53° / -0.42° |
| Position angle of the axis | 15.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 110.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.