The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, March 21, 2148
Waxing Crescent
3.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 54°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:40 AM
9:37 PM
54°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 3.0%
- Age
- 1.4 days
- Distance
- 359,300 km
- Apparent size
- 33.2′
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Lunation number
- 2786
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 | 19.41° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 160.04° |
| Illuminated fraction | 3.00% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 35.4° / 120.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 24m / 3.95° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 20.89° / -4.52° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.13° / 6.65° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 163.45° / -1.03° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 262.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.