The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, March 21, 2144
Waning Gibbous
93.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 39°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:37 PM
8:38 AM
39°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 93.8%
- Age
- 17.1 days
- Distance
- 359,600 km
- Apparent size
- 33.2′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2736
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 | 208.81° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 28.75° |
| Illuminated fraction | 93.84% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -37.3° / 287.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 52m / -11.88° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 210.27° / -0.34° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.65° / 1.19° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -25.74° / 0.84° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 112.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.