The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, March 21, 2196
Last Quarter
49.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 24°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
2:59 AM
12:12 PM
24°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 49.3%
- Age
- 21.6 days
- Distance
- 395,800 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 3379
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For Mar 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 271.00° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 90.85° |
| Illuminated fraction | 49.26% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 1.5° / 234.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 13m / -24.95° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 272.86° / -1.56° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.69° / 2.67° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -84.59° / 1.48° |
| Position angle of the axis | 0.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 89.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.