The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, March 21, 2133
Waning Gibbous
99.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 52°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:40 PM
8:12 AM
52°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.3%
- Age
- 14.7 days
- Distance
- 377,400 km
- Apparent size
- 31.7′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2600
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 | 188.39° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 9.39° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.33% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -39.6° / 313.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 42m / 0.16° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 189.51° / 4.27° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.94° / -4.85° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -3.35° / -1.42° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 90.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.