The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, March 21, 2150
Last Quarter
47.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 27°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
2:57 AM
12:31 PM
27°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 47.3%
- Age
- 22.2 days
- Distance
- 403,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 2810
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
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Jupiter, Moon, and Neptune gathered
All within 4.4° of each other in the sky.
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 0.8° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 273.23° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 93.08° |
| Illuminated fraction | 47.31% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 4.3° / 234.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 18m / -22.85° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 274.23° / 0.50° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.15° / -0.04° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -95.60° / -1.54° |
| Position angle of the axis | 356.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 88.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.