The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, March 21, 2191
Waning Crescent
17.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 27°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
5:49 AM
3:31 PM
27°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 17.3%
- Age
- 25.9 days
- Distance
- 365,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.7′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 3317
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 | 311.16° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 130.87° |
| Illuminated fraction | 17.28% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 24.5° / 200.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 05m / -21.91° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 312.22° / -5.00° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.54° / 7.22° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -132.14° / -0.63° |
| Position angle of the axis | 343.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 68.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.