The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, March 21, 1913
Waxing Gibbous
99.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:02 PM
6:11 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.1%
- Age
- 13.7 days
- Distance
- 358,700 km
- Apparent size
- 33.3′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- -121
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: 358,600 km.
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Venus at its brightest
Shines at magnitude -4.8, as bright as it gets this time around.
Exact values
For Mar 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 168.90° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 11.14° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.06% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -45.1° / 359.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 23m / 5.36° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 169.39° / 1.26° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.83° / -0.96° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 11.60° / -0.07° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 296.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.