The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, March 21, 2139
Waning Gibbous
70.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 24°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
1:03 AM
10:12 AM
24°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 70.2%
- Age
- 20.7 days
- Distance
- 391,600 km
- Apparent size
- 30.5′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 2674
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 | 246.26° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 66.21° |
| Illuminated fraction | 70.17% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -17.9° / 250.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 17m / -26.11° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 246.94° / -4.72° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.60° / 6.79° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -73.19° / 1.15° |
| Position angle of the axis | 10.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 102.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.