The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, March 21, 1910
Waxing Gibbous
84.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 70°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
2:38 PM
4:53 AM
70°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 84.1%
- Age
- 10.2 days
- Distance
- 392,200 km
- Apparent size
- 30.5′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- -158
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 | 133.08° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 47.00° |
| Illuminated fraction | 84.10% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -21.6° / 33.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 09m / 21.48° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 133.29° / 4.85° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.34° / -5.72° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 52.59° / -1.37° |
| Position angle of the axis | 17.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 291.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.