The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, March 21, 2161
Waning Crescent
23.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 34°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:38 AM
3:10 PM
34°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 23.1%
- Age
- 24.5 days
- Distance
- 402,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 2946
Events on this date
-
Moon, Neptune, and Uranus gathered
All within 6.1° of each other in the sky.
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 3.6° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 302.81° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 122.57° |
| Illuminated fraction | 23.08% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 27.1° / 214.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 22m / -15.02° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 304.14° / 4.31° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.04° / -5.01° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -118.05° / 1.40° |
| Position angle of the axis | 347.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 79.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.