The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, March 21, 2195
Waxing Gibbous
77.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 67°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
3:00 PM
4:59 AM
67°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 77.3%
- Age
- 9.7 days
- Distance
- 368,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.5′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 3367
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 368,000 km.
Exact values
For Mar 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 122.98° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 56.90° |
| Illuminated fraction | 77.30% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -24.6° / 30.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 26m / 19.79° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 124.08° / 0.59° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.61° / -0.00° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 56.94° / 1.19° |
| Position angle of the axis | 12.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 283.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.