The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, March 21, 1908
Waning Gibbous
86.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 39°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:32 PM
8:39 AM
39°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 86.9%
- Age
- 18.9 days
- Distance
- 385,900 km
- Apparent size
- 31.0′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- -183
Events on this date
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Saturn behind the Sun
On the far side of the Sun and lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Mar 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 222.38° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 42.45° |
| Illuminated fraction | 86.89% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -37.4° / 287.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 48m / -11.73° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 223.07° / 4.23° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.01° / -4.91° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -47.97° / -1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 16.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 103.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.