The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, March 21, 2198
Waxing Gibbous
96.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:18 PM
6:13 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 96.3%
- Age
- 13.8 days
- Distance
- 370,300 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Sextans
- Lunation number
- 3404
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 | 158.30° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 22.20° |
| Illuminated fraction | 96.29% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -47.1° / 355.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 37m / 3.26° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 159.68° / -5.04° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.47° / 7.20° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 15.97° / 1.45° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 277.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.