The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, March 21, 1905
Waning Gibbous
99.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 51°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:35 PM
6:58 AM
51°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.6%
- Age
- 15.5 days
- Distance
- 356,900 km
- Apparent size
- 33.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- -220
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: 356,900 km.
Exact values
For Mar 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 187.17° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 7.58° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.56% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -48.0° / 333.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 32m / -0.72° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 187.59° / 2.50° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.17° / -2.57° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -6.98° / -0.58° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 99.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.