The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, March 21, 2157
Waxing Gibbous
83.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 65°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
3:48 PM
5:34 AM
65°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 83.8%
- Age
- 10.4 days
- Distance
- 400,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 2897
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 | 132.47° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 47.42° |
| Illuminated fraction | 83.83% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -29.8° / 21.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 06m / 17.72° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 133.78° / 1.08° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.45° / -0.69° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 52.39° / 0.94° |
| Position angle of the axis | 15.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 287.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.