The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, March 21, 1909
New Moon
0.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 44°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:51 AM
6:42 PM
44°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.2%
- Age
- 29.3 days
- Distance
- 357,100 km
- Apparent size
- 33.5′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- -171
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: 357,000 km.
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New Moon
The Moon passes between Earth and the Sun and cannot be seen. These are the darkest nights of the month.
Exact values
For Mar 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 358.09° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 174.68° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.22% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 43.2° / 166.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 03m / -5.12° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 358.54° / -4.95° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.27° / 7.18° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -177.68° / -1.48° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 356.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.