The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, March 21, 2145
Waning Crescent
3.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 45°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:30 AM
6:21 PM
45°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 3.0%
- Age
- 27.9 days
- Distance
- 391,800 km
- Apparent size
- 30.5′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 2748
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 | 340.38° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 160.12° |
| Illuminated fraction | 2.98% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 44.6° / 172.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 48m / -4.48° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 341.59° / 2.95° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.83° / -3.17° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -155.38° / 0.37° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 74.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.