The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, March 21, 2177
Waning Gibbous
56.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 23°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
2:23 AM
11:26 AM
23°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 56.9%
- Age
- 21.0 days
- Distance
- 403,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 3144
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 | 262.17° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 82.03° |
| Illuminated fraction | 56.93% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -5.5° / 239.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 32m / -26.16° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 263.63° / -2.90° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.69° / 4.43° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -80.79° / 1.41° |
| Position angle of the axis | 4.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 93.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.