The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, March 21, 2154
Waxing Crescent
43.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 78°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
11:20 AM
2:29 AM
78°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 43.8%
- Age
- 7.5 days
- Distance
- 402,800 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 2860
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 | 82.73° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 97.09° |
| Illuminated fraction | 43.83% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 5.3° / 58.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 32m / 27.94° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 83.76° / 4.67° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.13° / -5.42° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 93.41° / -0.59° |
| Position angle of the axis | 358.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 267.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.