The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, March 21, 2176
Waxing Gibbous
86.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 62°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:14 PM
5:40 AM
62°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 86.4%
- Age
- 10.4 days
- Distance
- 385,300 km
- Apparent size
- 31.0′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 3132
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 | 136.61° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 43.29° |
| Illuminated fraction | 86.40% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -33.1° / 18.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 23m / 15.32° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 138.31° / -0.00° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.73° / 0.75° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 48.59° / 1.10° |
| Position angle of the axis | 16.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 287.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.