The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, March 21, 2130
Waxing Gibbous
90.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 63°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:49 PM
6:09 AM
63°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 90.7%
- Age
- 11.7 days
- Distance
- 405,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 2563
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 1.1° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 144.42° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 35.52° |
| Illuminated fraction | 90.70% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -35.4° / 9.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 52m / 14.51° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 145.26° / 1.51° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.40° / -1.39° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 37.58° / -1.28° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 291.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.