The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, March 21, 2165
Waxing Gibbous
69.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 66°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
2:22 PM
4:00 AM
66°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 69.6%
- Age
- 9.1 days
- Distance
- 402,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 2996
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 | 113.04° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 66.89° |
| Illuminated fraction | 69.63% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -21.8° / 42.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 42m / 16.92° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 114.40° / -4.37° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.83° / 6.25° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 70.98° / -0.31° |
| Position angle of the axis | 11.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 277.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.