The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, March 21, 2182
Waning Gibbous
98.1% 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
9:25 PM
8:08 AM
44°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.1%
- Age
- 16.8 days
- Distance
- 387,900 km
- Apparent size
- 30.8′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 3206
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 | 196.04° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 16.00° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.06% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -42.1° / 302.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 03m / -6.97° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 197.29° / -0.21° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.40° / 1.00° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -21.20° / 0.54° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 115.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.