The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, March 21, 1901
Waxing Crescent
2.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 59°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:56 AM
8:32 PM
59°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 2.2%
- Age
- 1.2 days
- Distance
- 358,500 km
- Apparent size
- 33.3′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- -269
Events on this date
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March equinox
Day and night are nearly equal. Spring begins in the northern hemisphere and autumn in the southern.
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 358,400 km.
Exact values
For Mar 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 16.59° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 163.09° |
| Illuminated fraction | 2.16% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 52.2° / 138.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 58m / 9.51° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 17.00° / 3.07° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.44° / -3.40° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 163.66° / 1.24° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 239.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.