The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, March 21, 2169
Waning Crescent
39.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 26°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
3:46 AM
1:11 PM
26°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 39.0%
- Age
- 22.7 days
- Distance
- 403,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 3045
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 | 282.87° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 102.71° |
| Illuminated fraction | 39.00% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 9.8° / 226.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 02m / -23.69° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 284.25° / -1.04° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.65° / 2.02° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -99.41° / -1.56° |
| Position angle of the axis | 352.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 83.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.