The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, March 21, 1900
Waning Gibbous
75.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 28°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
9:06 AM
28°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 75.2%
- Age
- 20.2 days
- Distance
- 392,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.4′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- -282
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 | 239.85° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 59.73° |
| Illuminated fraction | 75.20% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -31.0° / 266.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 52m / -21.40° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 240.49° / -1.16° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.32° / 2.17° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -66.55° / 1.50° |
| Position angle of the axis | 13.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 103.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.