The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, March 21, 2199
Waning Crescent
28.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 33°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:07 AM
2:33 PM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 28.9%
- Age
- 24.5 days
- Distance
- 370,900 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 3416
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 | 295.14° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 114.92° |
| Illuminated fraction | 28.93% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 22.2° / 221.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 49m / -16.28° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 296.27° / 4.68° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.87° / -5.36° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -113.47° / 1.16° |
| Position angle of the axis | 350.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 81.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.