The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, March 21, 2163
Waning Gibbous
98.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 44°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:19 PM
7:59 AM
44°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.5%
- Age
- 16.6 days
- Distance
- 367,400 km
- Apparent size
- 32.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2971
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 | 194.17° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 14.18° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.48% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -43.3° / 304.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 54m / -6.91° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 195.03° / -1.08° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.41° / 2.14° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -17.38° / 0.72° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 119.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.