The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, March 21, 2138
Waxing Gibbous
78.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 69°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
3:01 PM
5:16 AM
69°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 78.4%
- Age
- 10.4 days
- Distance
- 405,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 2662
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 405,100 km.
Exact values
For Mar 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 124.46° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 55.45° |
| Illuminated fraction | 78.36% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -23.9° / 28.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 33m / 21.26° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 125.38° / 2.42° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.32° / -2.46° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 56.17° / 0.74° |
| Position angle of the axis | 13.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 285.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.