The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, March 21, 2192
Waxing Gibbous
59.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 77°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
12:44 PM
3:58 AM
77°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 59.3%
- Age
- 7.8 days
- Distance
- 395,100 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 3330
Events on this date
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Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 4.9° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 100.65° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 79.25° |
| Illuminated fraction | 59.33% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -6.4° / 45.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 56m / 28.08° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 102.46° / 5.27° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.25° / -6.15° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 85.81° / -0.15° |
| Position angle of the axis | 5.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 276.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.