The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, March 21, 1903
Waning Crescent
44.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
1:53 AM
12:03 PM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 44.3%
- Age
- 22.3 days
- Distance
- 404,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- -245
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 | 276.75° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 96.57° |
| Illuminated fraction | 44.28% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 0.3° / 245.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 28m / -18.09° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 276.66° / 5.19° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.47° / -6.16° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -95.40° / 0.44° |
| Position angle of the axis | 357.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 88.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.