The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, March 21, 1911
Waning Gibbous
62.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 24°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
12:44 AM
9:57 AM
24°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 62.4%
- Age
- 20.7 days
- Distance
- 404,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- -146
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 404,400 km.
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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 | 255.77° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 75.64° |
| Illuminated fraction | 62.40% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -20.8° / 253.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 57m / -25.65° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 255.74° / -2.98° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.88° / 4.40° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -76.77° / -1.04° |
| Position angle of the axis | 5.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 97.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.