The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, March 21, 2187
Waxing Gibbous
87.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 65°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
4:22 PM
5:59 AM
65°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 87.9%
- Age
- 11.4 days
- Distance
- 362,000 km
- Apparent size
- 33.0′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 3268
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 | 139.23° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 40.76° |
| Illuminated fraction | 87.87% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -31.8° / 14.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 35m / 17.49° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 140.27° / 2.93° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.94° / -3.09° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 38.36° / -1.48° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 291.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.