The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, March 21, 2120
Waning Gibbous
60.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 22°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
2:04 AM
10:58 AM
22°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 60.6%
- Age
- 21.8 days
- Distance
- 373,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 2439
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 | 257.87° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 77.77° |
| Illuminated fraction | 60.59% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -9.8° / 241.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 11m / -27.53° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 259.14° / -4.57° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.44° / 6.59° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -81.58° / 1.01° |
| Position angle of the axis | 5.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 96.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.