The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, March 21, 2122
Waxing Gibbous
97.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 54°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:42 PM
6:33 AM
54°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 97.9%
- Age
- 13.0 days
- Distance
- 403,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Sextans
- Lunation number
- 2464
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 | 163.80° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 16.74° |
| Illuminated fraction | 97.88% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -47.7° / 347.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 56m / 1.96° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 164.59° / -4.45° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.93° / 6.45° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 19.01° / 1.56° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 275.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.