The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, March 21, 1902
Waxing Gibbous
93.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 54°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:33 PM
4:56 AM
54°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 93.5%
- Age
- 11.6 days
- Distance
- 383,900 km
- Apparent size
- 31.1′
- Constellation
- Sextans
- Lunation number
- -257
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.
Exact values
For Mar 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 150.84° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 29.43° |
| Illuminated fraction | 93.55% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -40.5° / 24.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 06m / 6.77° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 151.00° / -4.66° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.45° / 6.59° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 34.02° / 0.90° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 281.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.